Personalized CRISPR cures for children born with rare genetic diseases are now a step closer to being more widely available. Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Innovative Genomics ...

Supported by $20 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the center focuses on treating rare genetic diseases in children, starting with a group of eight kids who will enroll in a clinical ...

Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 complex, one of the gene-editing tools developed by the Innovative Genomics Institute. The new Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures will use CRISPR technology to ...

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. After that ...

First CRISPR was used for small changes, like gene-editing adults’ blood or combining pig and human DNA to transplant organs. Next we’ll edit kids before birth.