For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in laboratory animals, offering the potential to treat human congenital diseases before birth.

Researchers have found that babies, whose genes were edited before birth stand the chance of living decades longer.

While you cannot teach an old dog new trick, you may be able to make your pup young again.

Crispr-Cas9 gene editing technology has been hailed as humanity’s route to ‘designer babies’ who are tailored with desirable genetic traits.The technique, which can ‘cut and paste’ small sections of Deoxy ribonucleic Acid...

Scientists have achieved two major breakthroughs with the plan to conduct the first-ever human gene-editing trial next month to treat cancer and to stop asthma by turning off the gene controlling coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.