Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long ...

A preprint describing genetically edited human embryos is raising concerns among scientists that the U.S. is becoming more ...

Columbia University associate professor Dieter Egli says his group has precisely edited genes in an embryo, a landmark ...

Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team ...

A review article now published in Nature Reviews Genetics brings together evolutionary theory, comparative genomics and large ...

The ‘base editing’ technique that researchers used is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry it will spur a rush to ...

Columbia researchers use base editing to modify embryo genes without chromosomal damage, offering disease prevention while ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: Genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...