By analyzing bacterial data, researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics, and more.

Coupling engineered bacteria with low-power electronics could be highly effective in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases.

The first RNA-guided DNA-cutting enzyme found in eukaryotes, Fanzor could one day be harnessed to edit DNA more precisely than CRISPR/Cas systems.

Matt Shoulders will lead an interdisciplinary team to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.

Jonathan Weissman and collaborators used their single-cell sequencing tool Perturb-seq on every expressed gene in the human genome, linking each to its job in the cell.

MIT neuroscientists expand CRISPR toolkit with new, compact Cas7-11 enzyme.

Researchers find RNA-guided enzymes are more diverse and widespread than previously believed.

Novel method, developed by McGovern Institute researchers, may lead to safer, more efficient gene therapies.

New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged.

Voigt Lab's work could eventually replace cereal crops’ need for nitrogen from chemical fertilizers.