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Gene Editing · Cold Spring HarborCRISPR-Cas9 gene editing revolutionized biological and biomedical research virtually overnight. The versatile tool has been used to improve crop yields and cure previously uncurable conditions like sickle cell anemia. In May 2025, the Nobel Prize-winning technology brought about another major biomedical breakthrough, as Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas introduced the first personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy. Lifesaving advances li…Read Article
The CRISPR revolution continues | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Wildfires · Cold Spring HarborA summertime walk down Cold Spring Harbor’s Bungtown Road will always include a few things: the dulcet tones of wildlife, a charming bucolic landscape, the smell of fresh cut grass and flowers, and, of course, the tall steel ridges rising behind the volleyball court like the exposed, fossilized bones of some forgotten prehistoric beast. As cool as that might sound, the structure isn’t fossilized, nor a dinosaur. Created by sculptor Beatrice Perr…Read Article
‘Transform’ | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor · Cold Spring HarborIt’s a parent’s worst nightmare, finding out your newborn child may never walk or even stand on their own. That used to be the reality for as many as one in 6,000 babies born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes extreme nerve damage, muscle weakness, and sometimes, paralysis. For a long time, doctors had to tell parents that children born with the most severe form of the disease likely wouldn’t live past age 2. Toda…Read Article
