Scientists and physicians can better assess precision genome editing technology using a new method made public today by St.

Precision gene editing can be achieved by base editing, nucleotide editing, or editing of small or large gene fragments. The specific mechanisms include various DNA repair pathways. Many precision ...

Find how Circularization for High-throughput Analysis of Nuclease Genome-wide Effects by Sequencing Base Editors ...

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Both CBEs and ABEs have been extensively engineered to improve their efficiency, specificity, and targeting range, enabling a wide variety of base pair conversions across the genome. Base editing can ...

A schematic showing the cytosine base editing intermediate and the various outcomes that can occur when the UNG protein is active. You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania ...

In this talk in GEN’s “The State of CRISPR & Genome Editing” virtual summit, originally broadcast on June 11, 2025, Alexis Komor, PhD, Associate Professor at University of California San Diego and ...

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized treatment that repaired his specific genetic mutation. The treatment was ...

I was looking forward to seeing how Beam Therapeutics would do in their clinical trials of single-base DNA editing therapies, and this morning we have a readout. It was a very small trial: three ...

In a global first, scientists have used advanced base editing to repair a deadly gene mutation in a newborn, marking a major leap forward in the treatment of rare ...