November 26, 2025 Researchers used CRISPR to enhance a naturally meat-like fungus. A picture of Fusarium venenatum. Photo Source: Xiao Liu Researchers have successfully used CRISPR gene editing technology to create a fungi strain that is highly efficient, more nutritious, … Read more
Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But … Read more
Development of safe and effective viral specific gRNAs CRISPR gRNA designer tools were used to identify gRNAs that target LTR and Gag with minimal chance of unintended effects for the previously described HIV-directed guides [6, 10]. Previous research demonstrated efficacy … Read more
The CRISPR–Cas9 complex (blue and yellow) can precisely cut DNA (red).Credit: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library A small clinical trial has shown that researchers can use CRISPR gene editing to alter immune cells so that they will recognize mutated proteins specific … Read more
There’s some really interesting CRISPR news out today, and it’s likely to be a forerunner of much more news to come. A research team has demonstrated what looks like robust, long-lasting effects in a primate model after one injection of … Read more
Odin, in Norse mythology, is an extremely powerful god who’s also a trickster. He has only one eye, having sacrificed the other for wisdom. Among his many talents, he can wake the dead, calm storms, cure the sick, and blind … Read more