Live Science's health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in ...

Gene therapy is a revolutionary field in modern medicine, offering transformative potential to treat and potentially cure a wide range of genetic and acquired diseases. By addressing the root cause of ...

Alison Clare has received funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council. Her position is currently funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical ...

Fondazione Telethon is an Italian non-profit biomedical organization committed to advancing research on rare and complex genetic diseases. For over 35 years, it has supported high-impact science aimed ...

Gene editing is now reaching the mainstream, ushering in a new era of genetic manipulation. Traditionally, inserting or deleting entire genes, regulating their expression, and altering specific ...

Satyen K. Bordoloi My first memory of cancer is the younger brother of a classmate. Blood cancer, we whispered between ...

Viral vectors dominate gene therapy, with lentivirus, adenovirus, and AAV being key players, each with unique advantages and limitations. Non-viral vectors, such as lipid nanoparticles and GalNAc, ...

CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is an advanced technology developed in 2012 that can be used to edit genes. It can be used to find specific DNA sequences inside ...

While gene therapy for cystic fibrosis is still in the research phase, researchers aim to correct the defective gene responsible for the disease. Current research is promising. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is ...

At first, Everly Green’s parents didn’t understand why her doctors wanted genetic testing. Their daughter was behind on her milestones at 18 months, but was gradually making progress, and they ...

The Asia-Pacific gene therapy market was valued at $349.1 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.8% to reach nearly $7 billion in 2030. This predicted ...