Gene Therapy
Muscle-wasting disease in dogs cured using gene therapy, offering hope to suffering boys
For decades, some unlucky dog lovers have [witnessed their puppies'] seemingly healthy muscles literally waste away...until they could no longer stand ...
Avoiding the unexpected: Zika, malaria-fighting gene drive in mosquitoes has built-in safety net
Concerns about CRISPR gene drives and other CRISPR applications have to do with the possibility that something could go wrong ...
Google delists Natural News, founder Mike Adams calls it ‘modern day book burning’
[Editor’s note: Read the GLP’s profile on Natural News founder Mike Adams. Also: FBI turns up heat on Mike Adams ...
Fighting cancer by shifting the body’s immune system into overdrive
Gene-targeted treatments and immunotherapy offer great promise to cure cancer, but they work in less than half of patients and ...
Parents worried about passing on genetic disorders to their children have hope: Gene editing
Gene editing — which is still not a reality for parents out there — is the process of genetically modifying ...
Billionaire doctor’s Cancer MoonShot 2020 appears more hype than reality
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong vowed [to vanquish cancer] when he launched his audacious “Cancer MoonShot 2020” a year ago...The supremely self-confident billionaire ...
Zhang vs. Doudna patent ruling: Broad Institute holds patents but University of California may appeal
The US patent office ruled [Feb. 15] that hotly disputed patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 belong to the ...
Is there a metabolic on-off switch that could prevent chronic fatigue syndrome?
Evidence is mounting that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is caused by the body swapping to less efficient ways of generating ...
Proceed with caution: National Academies offers ‘qualified support’ for gene editing ‘abnormal’ embryos
The door to gene-edited humans was opened a crack by a joint National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of ...
Nanoparticles: Parkinson’s, cancer, heart disease treatments boosted by DNA ‘barcodes’
Using tiny snippets of DNA as "barcodes," researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly screening the ability of nanoparticles ...
Generating tissue to repair knee cartilage and hearts more likely in wake of stem cell study
A new study from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, has found that induced pluripotent stem cells would be ...
China aggressively challenges US lead in precision medicine
The United States has long been the [genomic] industry’s undisputed leader,...but now China is emerging as America’s fiercest competitor.... ...
For people with congenital hearing loss, gene therapy successful in mice offers promise
An improved gene therapy vector restores hearing and balance in genetically deaf mice, according to Boston's Children's Hospital researchers...[T]he mice's ...
Leading plant scientist says he’s skipping Science March on Washington: Here’s why
[Editor's note: Kevin Folta, a molecular biologist and chairman of the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida, offers ...
Genetics for public health: A lost cause?
Its power for discovering rare diseases is well proven. But genetics’ impact on public and preventative health has a long ...
Playing God? CRISPR patents could reduce ‘designer baby’ ethical concerns
While few would object to editing genes to cure devastating diseases, CRISPR technology has the potential to alter the health, ...
‘Three parent IVF’ produced a baby girl — that’s a problem according to critics
It was a first for the entire world: Using a controversial in vitro fertilization technique, doctors in Kiev, Ukraine, helped ...
Could CRISPR, gene editing radically affect human evolution?
CRISPR-Cas9, the new gene modification tool, which has been heralded as a means for inserting ourselves into evolution, is itself ...
Are we ready for DIY (do-it-yourself) gene therapy?
Brian Hanley, 60, is the founder of a one-man company called Butterfly Sciences...After encountering little interest from investors for his ...
Why design babies when we can sift through ideal embryos instead?
Brave New World has become the inevitable reference point for all media discussion of new advances in reproductive technology...But the ...
Video: Quick and simple guide to creating babies using IVF
In vitro fertilization (IVF) has changed dramatically ever since the first baby to be conceived by IVF was born in ...
From 2016 onwards: Gene therapy’s transition from idea to revolutionary medicine
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures. The technology...made big advances ...
Guide to CRISPR gene editing revolution
In 2016 alone, researchers have shown CRISPR can do some truly astounding things, like create mushrooms that don’t brown easily ...
“Cutting out” genes linked to muscle disorder may restore movement in patients
Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of a defective gene that results in progressively weaker muscles ...
Three-person IVF receives historic approval in UK
The first ‘three-parent’ babies could be born in the UK next year following a historic decision giving the controversial new fertility ...
Single gene may make deadly brain cancer more fatal
Scientists have identified a gene that is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, according to ...
Malfunctioning of 320 gene ‘epileptic network’ may trigger epilepsy
British scientists have identified a gene network in the brain that is associated with epilepsy, a discovery which may lead ...