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

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

Body fat transformed by CRISPR gene editing helps mice keep weight off

26 August 2020

CRISPR gene editing can turn white fat cells into brown fat that burns energy, a technique that limited weight gain in mice and could potentially be used to treat obesity-related disorders

How we're using CRISPR to fight cancer

2 December 2019

Molecular biologist Fiona Behan reports on how the CRISPR gene-editing technique can find cancer’s weak points, identifying targets for new drugs

Genetics

7 June 2019

CRISPR

6 June 2019

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world.