Gene Therapy
Gene therapy may reverse age-related hearing loss
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For many people, hearing ...
Gene therapy for malaria: Benefits far outweigh the risks
There's a new treatment emerging for malaria, a kind of gene therapy that makes the malaria parasite more susceptible to ...
Can gene therapy forestall aging?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Can aging be slowed ...
Mental illness: Genes form underlying basis, but the environment dictates who actually becomes ill
Figuring out the relative contributions of genetics to mental illness could go a long way to devising counseling, screening and ...
UNESCO bioethics panel calls for moratorium on human genome editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A UNESCO panel of ...
Gene therapy for blindness may become first ever approved in US
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What could become the ...
Gene therapy offers hope for spinal muscular atrophy cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I began writing about ...
HIV gene therapy in development, with boost from Bill Gates
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a bid to ...
Some UK scientists arguing for embryonic gene modification in ‘morally acceptable’ circumstances
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Hinxton Group report ...
Leukemia T-cell gene therapy shows progress, but not as effective as hoped
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Four years ago, University ...
Designer viruses and precision medicine: New findings for the future of gene therapies
Precision and personalized medicine have at their heart the promise of targeting diseases with specialized therapies specific to certain types ...
Genetic ‘switch’ targeting fat cells may help combat obesity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A master gene that ...
Societal challenges in the coming age of gene editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Because it is so ...
Vision gene therapy helps blind mice see again
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When the owl swooped, ...
Gene therapy to restore hearing in deaf works in mice; humans next
Gene therapy for deafness is moving closer to reality, with new research showing the technique for fixing faulty DNA can ...
Children with motor neuron disorder treated with gene therapy for first time
Eleven-year-old Hannah Sames's curls were the first thing her parents, Lori and Matt, noticed when she was born. "Their other ...
CRISPR’s potential in gene therapy shadowed by concerns over ethical use
Tracy Antonelli and her three daughters suffer from thalassemia, a blood disorder that saps their strength, leaves them anemic, and ...
Gene therapy treatment for bowel cancer may be on the horizon
Bowel cancer’s origins can often be traced back to just a single faulty gene: APC – short for adenomatous polyposis coli ...
Lifestyle changes can’t alter DNA: Claiming it can is a public disservice
Lifestyle changes have profound effects on human health, more so than most blockbuster drugs. But despite their potency, supplements, exercise ...
Has Big Genomics lived up to its hype?
“Success in sight: The eyes have it!” Thus the scientific journal Gene Therapy greeted the news, in 2008, that an experimental treatment was restoring ...
Should there be tighter regulations on gene editing in wildlife?
The ethical issues raised by human germline engineering are not new. They deserve consideration, but outcry over designer babies and ...
Public needs to be more informed on human germline gene editing
The news that scientists have edited the genomes of human embryos induced a predictable sharp intake of breath. The work ...
First baby born through promising new IVF technique using stem cells
Doctors in Canada have begun a new chapter in medical history, delivering the first in a wave of babies through ...
Chinese scientists ‘edit’ DNA in human embryo
Chinese researchers reported that they edited the genes of human embryos using a new technique called CRISPR. While these embryos will ...
You light up my life: High tech gene applied to erectile dysfunction
More than half of men over age 60 have experienced the issue at some time, so if it does happen ...
Will gene therapy make humans masters of own evolution?
Human genetic engineering is not new; it has been going on for a long, long time — naturally. Ancient viruses ...
Gene therapy dilemma: Would you tweak your child’s genes if it might prolong life but leave her deaf?
New gene therapies can bring collateral consequences--solving one heath problem but creating another. Patients, healthcare providers and insurance companies are ...