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Scientists edit mitochondrial DNA to reverse genetic diseases which often have no cure
For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...
Super-resolution imaging uncovers how lipid nanoparticles deliver RNA and where they fall short
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people—but in the ...
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Landmark Trial Shows New Gene Therapy Repairs Deafness Gene, Restores Hearing
In a nutshell Researchers successfully restored hearing in 10 deaf participants aged 18 months to 24 years using gene therapy ...
Oakland County teen to undergo gene-editing trial, hoping to cure her sickle cell disease
Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...
More Than a Decade After Freezing Her Eggs and 10 Rounds of IVF, Singer Details Journey to Welcoming Baby at 47 (Exclusive)
After undergoing IVF, testing positive for a rare genetic disease and experiencing a disastrous lab error, Julie Mintz ...
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Doctors Restored Hearing in Children and Adults With a Single Shot
The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...
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U.S. Budget Cuts Are Robbing Early-Career Scientists of Their Future
Canceled grants and slashed budgets are disproportionately affecting junior health researchers, dealing a major blow to the ...
Editas Medicine Is Great. Here's Why You Shouldn't Buy It.
The clinical-stage biotech is developing gene-editing CRISPR technology. Editas has reported encouraging testing results in laboratory animals. Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT) is a promising ...
Gene editing tool giving scientists an armour to fight solid cancers
Melbourne scientists have shown for the first time how a “revolutionary” blood cancer treatment could be tweaked to also cure ...
Health Rounds: 3D printed insulin-producing cells show promise for type 1 diabetes in lab tests
Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported at the International Transplant Congress underway in London.