CRISPR News

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a group of rare progressive neurological diseases that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscle movements.

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), is a bacteria found in about 50% of all cows in the United States.

A group of researchers at the University of Southern California studied the perception of sour taste by identifying genes specifically expressed in our sour taste cells using RNA-seq.

Pluripotent stem cells are cells that can propagate indefinitely and hold strong promise in the field of regenerative medicine.

Mosquitoes are the major carriers of many arboviruses that can cause illness in human.

Have you ever experienced the urge of overeating at night? Scientists have been trying to study the biological reasons behind this phenomenon.

Using genome editing to cure genetic diseases may no longer just be in science fictions. Recently, the first industry sponsored CRISPR treatment for patients with genetic diseases is going to be tested in human. A company based in Massachusetts, USA., CRI

Scientists predicted that cacao trees may be extinct by 2050 due to factors including climate change, pests and fungal infections. To save chocolate,

Almost half of all deafness cases are contributed by genetic factors. However, effective targeting of these deafness associated genes has not been very successful. Recently, researchers from Harvard University and MIT employed CRISPR/Cas9 technology to ge

When a virus infects a bacterium, it injects its viral DNA through the bacterial cell wall (1) and