The pegRNA binds to a matching sequence on the target DNA strand. The Cas9 nickase cuts the unbound complementary strand, creating a flap. The dangling DNA flap binds to a matching sequence on the ...

Photo apps have been using artificial intelligence for years to give you control over the look of your images. Here’s how to take advantage of that. By J. D. Biersdorfer In today’s world of socially ...

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 ...

You can edit tweets now! But it’s not quite clear what that even means. It’s been nearly 16 years since Twitter users started asking for an edit button, and seven years since Twitter’s at-the-time CEO ...

No one goes to graduate school to become a scholarly editor, and very few of us are taught how to edit while we’re there. Still, plenty of us can end up doing important editing work at some point in ...

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 ...

Beam Therapeutics focuses on base editing technology, which allows for precise changes at the DNA level and potentially reduces off-target effects. Base editing has the versatility to correct a wide ...