Gene therapy 'reverses ageing' in mice
Gene therapy can reverse the effects of ageing in mice, researchers claim...
Sarah Gregory is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews.
Gene therapy can reverse the effects of ageing in mice, researchers claim...
Researchers have had further success using the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique to repair the mutation that causes sickle-cell anaemia...
Researchers have developed a novel genome-editing technology to correct the defective gene that causes the blood disorder beta-thalassemia...
Researchers have used the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique to correct the mutation that causes sickle-cell anaemia...
'The Gene: An Intimate History' is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Taking a similar approach to his previous work 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer', Mukherjee interweaves his personal history with a comprehensive and extensive review of the history of genetic research...
Researchers looking at multiple genes have developed risk scores that could identify those most likely to develop Alzheimer's disease in later life...
The Chinese government is using social media to recruit sperm donors, according to a report in the New York Times...
The editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction has criticised the overuse of ICSI, following a world report into the use of assisted reproduction technologies...
Researchers have developed a quick and cheap 'paper-based' test that uses CRISPR to detect the Zika virus...
A trial of gene therapy for choroideremia, a rare form of inherited blindness, has partially restored the vision of several patients...
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