A Gene Therapy Cure for Sickle Cell Is on the Horizon
Two life-altering treatments could soon be available, but questions remain about how accessible and affordable they’ll be. ..
Two life-altering treatments could soon be available, but questions remain about how accessible and affordable they’ll be. ..
Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change. ..
A trial using the gene-editing tool inside the body hints at treating, or even curing, a rare fatal disease—and is changing a community in the process. ..
Instead of cutting out chunks of the genome to disable malfunctioning genes, base editing makes a smaller, more precise swap. ..
He Jiankui discusses his plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? ..
In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third of volunteers. ..
The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger. ..
An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection. ..
The technique had largely been limited to editing patients’ cells in the lab. New research shows promise for treating diseases more directly. ..
Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure. ..