Gene Therapy
Gene therapy can restore hearing to deaf poeple
In two months' time, a group of profoundly deaf people could be able to hear again, thanks to the world's ...
Brain implants may help monitor neurological problems, address depression and Parkinson’s
Helen Shen at Nature chronicles a new class of deep brain implant that not only helps treat Parkinson's but may, ...
MIT researchers use MRI to study genetic activity in brains
MIT researchers have used genetic engineering and a bit of chemistry to make it possible, for the first time, to ...
Gene therapy for HIV infection?
HIV has proven to be a frustrating challenge to scientists looking for a magic-bullet cure. Researchers are now evaluating an ...
Slate slashes New York Times and Center for Genetics and Society for faux ‘designer baby’ scare tactics
The Center for Genetics and Society created a splash in the NYT this week with its all-too-familiar attack on mitochondrial ...
FDA meetings on ‘3-parent’ IVF, gene manipulation continues
As the FDA takes on the controversial issue of mitochondrial manipulation and gene therapy, ethical issues arise. Critics and proponents ...
Families hope anti-genetic engineering groups don’t stop gene cure for mitochondria disease
Hopes of tackling mitochondrial disease will be raised in a few weeks when the government announces regulations that will permit ...
Three parent baby debate: FDA ponders mitochondrial manipulation and, perhaps, germline modification too
Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is meeting to consider how a very controversial new form of assisted reproduction ...
Biotech start-up targets Parkinson’s and ALS with new gene therapy
A Cambridge biotechnology company launching Wednesday is taking aim at Parkinson’s disease and ALS with a new gene therapy that ...
Latest on rewriting genomes, humans’ included
A genetic modification system, CRISPR/Cas, has shown breakthrough success in primates and is poised to make the futurists' dreams of ...
Entrepreneur of next-gen gene therapy
If you’re in the business of drug discovery, you’ve got to be ready for the long haul. One recent study ...
Using gene therapy, patients with rare sight disorders get vision partly restored
Two men with progressive blindness have regained some of their vision after taking part in the first clinical trial of ...
Gene therapy successful in treating leukemia. Can it be used to fight other cancers as well?
A new cancer treatment pioneered at the University of Pennsylvania has generated a lot of excitement in the field and ...
Injecting DNA in the brain: What’s the promise of gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease?
Gene therapy has been used to successfully treat a number of challenging diseases, such as leukemia. Now, scientists are hoping ...
Gene therapy staunches hemophillia in test
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin found that a new kind of gene ...
Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancers
In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success ...
Can we slow the effects of aging?
Google's new company, Calico, is attempting to battle the effects of aging and many suspect the company will go one ...
Slowing research on GMOs would be ‘major blow’ to agricultural production
It would be a major blow to agricultural production if research on genetically modified food were to slow or stop, ...
‘Bubble kid’ success puts gene therapy back on track
Severe combined immunodeficiency was the first condition to be treated with gene therapy more than 20 years ago. A virus was ...
Is HIV the hero that’ll help gene therapy rise above the hype?
We're seeing some successes in gene therapy, but cost remains an issue. Could a modified version of HIV save the ...
Genetic modification may help tobacco find new life as health savior and biofuels source
For decades, tobacco has been maligned as a source of diseases. But in recent years, scientists using genetic modification have ...
New gene therapy company launches
A new biotechnology company will take over human trials of two gene therapies that could offer one-time treatments for a ...
Using genetics to save the world’s coral reefs from climate change
Similar to how agriculturalists have helped crops adapt to the changing climate, two marine ecologists are working to save the ...
Gene and stem cell therapy could speed up wound healing
Even though there are effective medications and therapy for healing wounds, the recovery process can still be slow. In a ...
Gene therapy trial: Virus could help damaged hearts
Some days 50-year-old David Palmer can barely get out of bed and walk to the bathroom as his heart is ...
When will gene therapy come to the U.S.?
For patients with genetic diseases, gene therapy could offer a lifetime of benefits after a single treatment. For cancer patients, ...
Gene therapy developers aiming for release in the US
Of the several gene therapies that have already advanced to human trials, one of them hopes to seek approval from ...