Human Gene Editing
First gene therapy to go on sale in 2013
The first gene therapy to be approved in a regulated market was announced by the European Commission. The therapy, available ...
Center for Genetics and Society escalates attack on life-saving gene therapy
CGS, a "progressive" but uber conservative-minded advocacy group that opposes many medical technology innovations is continuing its campaign against gene ...
How to make stem cells: Nuclear reprogramming moves a step forward
The idea of taking a mature cell and removing its identity (nuclear reprogramming) so that it can then become any ...
Genetic ethics cops shout “designer babies” to abort life saving therapy
As we highlighted this week in Gene-ius, a dramatic, life-improving breakthrough is on the horizon in gene therapy. Researchers from ...
Designer Baby? Breakthrough gene therapy that could eliminate rare diseases, raises ethical concerns
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have replaced bits of defective DNA in a human egg with the equivalent ...
Could genetic diseases be cured in the womb?
Efforts to develop a working gene therapy for certain inherited diseases have reached a milestone with a new method for ...
New gene therapy method replaces mitochondrial DNA, study says
Scientists have demonstrated a new type of gene therapy that would – in principle – allow mothers to avoid saddling ...
Scientists cracking the epigenetic code
A team of researchers at The Australian National University is one step closer to better understanding how organisms function after ...
Gene therapy as a cure for fatal bone diseases in children?
This article detailed current research about how, although low bone density and osteoporosis is quite prevalent in the public eye, ...
Researchers unravel the first epigenomes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Researchers of the University of Oviedo have contributed to decipher the first epigenomes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Professor of Biochemistry ...
Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress
A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress ...
Artist uses epigenetics to practice ‘experimental philosophy’
The man in the bow tie says he can transform you into anyone you want. At the Modernism Gallery in ...
Genetic test to tell your athletic potential: Would you take it?
As reported by the New York Times, in a landmark 2010 study scientists looked for a genetic answer to the ...
Researchers improve gene therapy technique for children with immune disorder
By including chemotherapy as a conditioning regimen prior to treatment, researchers have developed a refined gene therapy approach that safely ...
Was Lamarck right? How epigenetics may work
While no biologist believes that organisms can willfully change their physiology in response to their environment and pass those changes ...
Scientists find missing link between players in the epigenetic code
Over the last two decades, scientists have come to understand that the genetic code held within DNA represents only part ...
Gene therapy: Triggering turning genes on and off with light
U.S. researchers have developed a system, triggered by blue light, that can seek out and turn on or off any ...
Disturbing trend: Journalists hype fears when discussing human genetics
Genetics is scary. That’s the popular and entirely regrettable meme that dominates the narrative pushed by “progressive” and hard right ...
Gene therapy used to combat immunodeficiency
UCLA researchers are using a gene therapy to restore the immune systems of children with so-called "Bubble Boy" disease. The ...
Are animal traits the result of behavioral epigenetics?
A plant that is unremarkable in one environment becomes an invasive species in another, pushing through house foundations and sprouting ...
Study shows epigenetics of adult stem cells influences organ creation
A team led by Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute ...
The genetics of white finger disease
Vibration-induced white finger disease (VWF) is caused by continued use of vibrating hand held machinery (high frequency vibration >50 Hz), ...
Nutrient in eggs and meat may influence gene expression from infancy to adulthood
Just as women are advised to get plenty of folic acid around the time of conception and throughout early pregnancy, ...
Scientists uncover mechanism by which plants inherit epigenetic modifications
During embryonic development in humans and other mammals, sperm and egg cells are essentially wiped clean of chemical modifications to ...
Marijuana based drug may “turn off” gene that causes breast cancer
The "medical" bit of medical marijuana may be legitimate after all: Turns out a component of cannabis fights cancer, according ...
New gene-therapy approach could improve obesity treatment
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found a new way of using gene therapy to treat obesity. The ...
Gene therapy cures siblings of “bubble boy” syndrome
Abbygail Ainslie was born perfect in July 2011. She weighed nine pounds and the genetic tests that have become standard ...
