Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

SHERLOCK, a rapid CRISPR-based diagnostic, detects Candida auris and antifungal resistance mutations in patient samples in under an hour.

The accurate early detection and precise localization of diseases remain pivotal challenges in modern medicine. Traditional diagnostic methods often grapple ...

BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mammoth Biosciences, the biotech company leveraging the diversity of life to build the next generation of CRISPR products to cure and detect disease, today announced ...

Gene editing has moved from theory to bedside with a speed that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. A new wave of CRISPR advances is not only correcting single mutations in the lab but ...

Researchers uncovered a previously unknown CRISPR immune response in bacteria that targets transfer RNAs. The newly ...

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Researchers at Utah State University revealed new details about CRISPR immune system defenses, such as Cas12a3 systems, that ...