Children born with rare immune disease still healthy ten years after gene therapy
Gene therapy given to children born with a deadly immune disease remains safe and effective ten years on, researchers report...
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Gene therapy given to children born with a deadly immune disease remains safe and effective ten years on, researchers report...
Genome editing is a group of approaches that enable scientists to add, remove or alter selected DNA sequences at particular locations in the genome...
by Abbie Harper
A CRISPR-based therapy developed as a potential cure for HIV has been approved for human clinical trials by the US Food and Drug Administration...
by Purvi Shah
Google searches in the USA related to COVID-19 vaccines and infertility increased after a letter was sent to the European Medicines Agency asking it to stop emergency authorisation of mRNA vaccines was published online...
In November 2018, the Chinese scientist Dr He Jiankui announced to attendees of the second International Summit on Human Genome Editing that he had used the CRISPR genome editing approach to modify the DNA of embryos before implanting them in their mother's uterus...
President Joe Biden's administration has reversed the Trump-era decision which restricted federal funding for medical research using human embryos from elective abortions. ..
A clinical trial for a new gene therapy approach to treat sickle cell disease has been approved to proceed by the US Food and Drug Administration...
Breast cancer brain metastases can be targeted with a new approach using stem cells as a delivery system...
Offered as a podcast for those 'trying to build a family', Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) Fertility Experts calls upon experts to discuss about the most important topics and issues relating to fertility testing and treatment...
by Dr Patrick Foong and 1 others
There has been general concern around the reports of untested stem cell treatments being sold before they have been proven safe and effective...
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