Gene therapy significantly reduces seizures in epilepsy mouse model
A new gene therapy has been successfully tested in mice that could provide an alternative to surgery in children with drug resistant epilepsy...
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A new gene therapy has been successfully tested in mice that could provide an alternative to surgery in children with drug resistant epilepsy...
by Yan Lau
Injecting stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis is safe and may stop the disease causing further damage, according to an early-stage clinical trial...
by Dr Nathalie Vermeulen and 2 others
The updating of the HFEA's traffic light system for add-ons highlights an inherent problem with gathering evidence for these treatments...
by Yan Lau
A gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has led to a build-up of cells with genetic mutations that make them grow faster, increasing blood-cancer risk, researchers revealed...
by Olivia Goff
CRISPR base editing therapy reduced cholesterol levels in the blood of a small cohort of patients, clinical trial interim data has shown...
A CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease is one step closer to approval after an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration met to review its safety...
by Yan Lau
A gene therapy trial in China has restored hearing in children born with a rare genetic form of deafness...
The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority has updated its traffic light system for IVF treatment add-ons, to have five categories, rather than three...
A stem-cell therapy usually used to treat blood cancer has been shown to be effective at slowing progression of multiple sclerosis symptoms...
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