Swab tests work, but they're slow, and backlogs are mounting up in testing centres. Could a super-quick CRISPR test solve these problems?

New research overturns a common assumption about CRISPR Cas9—that unbound from its usual RNA partners, the “empty” or apo form of Cas9 is functionless.

Probing how CRISPR-Cas9 works Study examines DNA targeting dynamics in live cells Date: August 26, 2016 Source: University of Massachusetts Medical School Summary: A new study reveals important ...

While CRISPR scientists like me have been speculating about a Nobel Prize for CRISPR, it was exciting to see Charpentier and Doudna win. This will encourage young, talented engineers and ...

Carl Zimmer, a science journalist, explains how the revolutionary new genome-editing tool CRISPR works. Zimmer is a columnist for The New York Times and the author of "A Planet of Viruses ...

The CRISPR-guided caspase, or Craspase, is activated by RNA and results in protein degradation. The new mechanistic insights could lead to promising antiviral and tissue engineering tools in ...

After months of trying to tease apart how the system works, Doudna’s team determined that two RNA molecules play central roles: CRISPR RNA (crRNA), which leads Cas9 to a particular location on the ...

While CRISPR is most well known for its role in gene-editing systems, it's actually a naturally occurring bacterial immune system. UT scientists, along with scientists at Cornell University, were able ...

CRISPR can be tough to describe, let alone visualize. This powerful gene-editing technique has the potential to change our lives. Here's our take.

Horses with genomic edits to make them run faster have been banned from polo, but a zoo of CRISPR-edited animals is gaining ...

CRISPR can be tough to describe, let alone visualize. This powerful gene-editing technique has the potential to change our lives. Here's our take.

Scientists study a molecular machine that moves jumping genes in DNA, paving the way for a new gene editing tool beyond ...