A research team has successfully demonstrated the world's first gene-editing treatment for Leber's hereditary optic ...

With a shared purpose, we can realize the true promise of CRISPR and improve healthcare, providing hope to more patients with ...

Gene therapy represents one of medicine’s most ambitious attempts to treat disease at its root cause by altering the genetic code itself. The approach works by recovering the functions of critical ...

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells. However, to be effective, the new gene must make it into a cell's nucleus. The ...

SEATTLE — Some of our most challenging health conditions result from genetic disorders like sickle cell disease and certain cancers. Gene therapy is revolutionizing how they're treated, and the Fred ...

After a series of deaths in patients taking Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies, doubt has crept into investor sentiments ...

Onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy post-nusinersen or risdiplam showed meaningful motor improvements in children with SMA, with a manageable safety profile. The study cohort included older, heavier ...

Despite its strong influence, APOE is not the sole cause of Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Even among people with the ...

Qatar set to be among top five best countries in precision health revolutionLifestyle, behaviour changes can help ‘turn on’ g ...

Gazi University in Ankara has officially launched the production process for Türkiye's first local and national gene therapy research product. The project, which targets rare genetic diseases, is ...

Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers found that up to nine in ten cases could be linked to the APOE gene — even ...