Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the ...
lt;pgt;Scientists have successfully reconstructed a virus thousands of years after it became extinct, a development they believe could herald a new step in treating genetic diseases such as cystic ...
US biotech firm Fractyl Health is developing Rejuva, an experimental gene therapy that may mimic GLP-1 drugs for years after ...
In the spring of 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved fidanacogene elaparvovec (Beqvez), only the second gene therapy product for hemophilia B. Just a few months later, the Pfizer ...
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising gene-editing therapy that directly corrects a genetic mutation responsible for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common ...
What Is Waskyra, and Why Does It Matter? Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) is a new gene therapy approved to treat Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a rare inherited condition that affects the immune ...
Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting ...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder that results from mutations in the DMD gene. Gene therapies for DMD change genetic material in a person’s body to treat this condition.
There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved ...
For decades, high cholesterol has meant a lifetime of daily pills, repeat blood tests and constant reminders that the biggest ...
A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of addiction from narcotics treatments, a breakthrough which could provide hope for ...
After Pfizer let limited patient interest get the best of its hemophilia B gene therapy ambitions and discontinued Beqvez, CSL Behring naturally faced the question of whether it can hold its ground ...