In November, he told a genome summit in Hong Kong he was "proud" of his gene-editing work ... resulting in two pregnancies. They said baby twins nicknamed Lulu and Nana were born in November ...

For now, they want a global moratorium (a temporary ban) on using gene-editing for sperm, eggs and embryos that would be used to create a baby. They want this ban to last for five years.

Antonio Regalado broke the story for MIT Technology Review, and He himself described the experiment at an international gene-editing summit in Hong Kong. After his talk, He revealed that another ...

Doing CRISPR gene editing while fetuses are in the womb could make it easier to treat inherited conditions, especially those affecting tissues such as the heart or muscles. Kiran Musunuru at the ...

Gene editing is at the centre of the next generation of biotechnology. By changing the messages encoded within DNA sequences, it creates new possibilities for researchers to unravel questions ...

Precision BioSciences is a clinical-stage gene-editing company focused on the development of cell and gene therapies to treat cancer and genetic causes of disease. The company’s pipeline of ...

‘Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because ...

In videos posted online, scientist He Jiankui defended what he claimed to have achieved, saying he had performed the embryonic gene editing to help protect the babies born this month from ...

Investors often like to be on the cutting edge of new developments, and it doesn't get much more cutting edge than gene therapy and editing. The ability to make changes to a person's DNA – the ...

A new gene editing tool helps cells skip gene regions with problematic mutations. Professor Pablo Perez-Pinera, center, with graduate students Shraddha Shirguppe, left, and Angelo Miskalis ...