The high cost of CRISPR therapy will stop it getting to most patients
5 July 2023
The world’s first CRISPR therapy may be approved soon, but sadly it is unlikely to be affordable for hundreds of thousands of people whose pain it could end
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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility
3 July 2023
The imminent approval of the world's first CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease is just the start: soon this gene-editing tool could be used to tackle everything from cancer to high cholesterol and infertility
Gene-edited rice may be able to grow on Mars
15 March 2023
Martian soil is generally poor for growing plants, but researchers have used CRISPR to create gene-edited rice that might be able to germinate and grow despite the hostile habitat
Sickle cell disease is now curable, but the treatment is unaffordable
8 March 2023
CRISPR gene editing has made it possible to cure sickle cell disease, which affects millions worldwide, but most people with the condition won't be able to afford the cost of the treatment
Alzheimer’s disease progression slowed using CRISPR technique in mice
12 December 2022
Removing only a small segment of a gene in the brain cells of mice reduced the formation of plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease by 44 per cent
Labrador dogs gene edited and cloned to prevent inherited hip disease
3 August 2022
CRISPR gene editing has been used to try to prevent a genetic disorder in dogs for the first time, in this case a common condition called hip dysplasia
Gene-edited dogs created from cloned skin cells for the first time
22 July 2022
New gene-editing approach could be used to eliminate disease-causing mutations from pedigree dog breeds or even from clones of individual dogs
CRISPR-based 'antibiotic' eliminates dangerous bacterium from the gut
5 November 2021
Genetically engineered bacteria armed with CRISPR could help combat antibiotic-resistant infections and also allow doctors to edit people's microbiomes
Tomato is first CRISPR-edited food to go on sale in the world
24 September 2021
A tomato with higher levels of a nutrient linked to reduced stress can now be bought in Japan – it is the first CRISPR-edited food in the world to be launched commercially
CRISPR-like tool for RNA editing could temporarily alter your proteins
26 January 2021
A method for editing RNA that works similarly to the CRISPR genome-editing tool could be used to temporarily change the way genes are expressed, which could be helpful in treating conditions such as chronic pain
