Despite a premature and ethically sketchy claim of genome editing in twin girls, an outright prohibition could blunt promising, responsible progress.

He Jiankui, who reportedly edited the genomes of two babies already, broke the news at a conference in Hong Kong.

The college has opened an investigation into Michael Deem’s involvement.

He Jiankui says he has successfully used CRISPR-Cas9 to tweak the genes of twins born earlier this month. Some independent experts are dubious.

Mice transplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells that have an HIV receptor gene, CCR5, disrupted by gene editing allows the animals to ward off HIV infection. 

Researchers develop a more-efficient method for rewriting DNA that could hold therapeutic value for HIV and other diseases.

Timothy Ray Brown, commonly referred to as the “Berlin patient,” does not want to be the only person cured of AIDS.

While tracing the tricky and sometimes surprising paths of multipotent cells in the skin, mammary gland, and heart, Cédric Blanpain has repeatedly turned the stem cell field on its head.
 

Sangamo Biosciences is putting a different spin on gene therapy.