As interest in immunotherapy grows, so does the need for better tools to engineer CAR T cells. Could advances in CRISPR technology be the solution? In the last decade, a new immunotherapy tool has ...

CRISPR-Cas9 pioneer presented with National Medal of Technology and Innovation in White House awards ceremony China-born biologist Zhang Feng has been awarded the United States' highest honour for ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into ...

Three years ago, Arbor Biotechnologies CEO Devyn Smith appeared at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and laid out a grand vision: With $215 million in new capital, the biotech would push ...

Danielle is a Senior Editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience. Her science communication experience spans journalism, scientific publishing, and science education and outreach.

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.