A pattern of inheritance in which a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome causes an observable effect (1) in males, who only have one copy of the gene mutation because they have only one X chromosome; and (2) in females who have two mutated copies of the gene, one copy on each of their two X chromosomes. Haemophilia is an example of a genetic condition with an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern.
A novel gene insertion therapy may be able to cure infants of a rare genetic liver disease...
Two fertility clinic staff in Israel have been arrested over the transfer of embryos imported from Georgia, carrying a haemophilia B variant...
The first gene therapy for haemophilia A has been approved for severe cases by the US Food and Drug Administration...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
The Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh virtually hosted their seventh genetic eye disease conference in June 2021, connecting geneticists, clinicians and researchers from the Medical Reseach Council Human Genetics Unit...
The Progress Educational Trust's event 'Testing Times: How Should We Use Genomic Data in Assisted Reproduction' took place at Amnesty International in London on the 16 May 2019. The event aimed to give members of the audience an insight into current uses
Infants born with a severe immunodeficiency disorder have been successfully treated in a new gene therapy trial...
A new molecular tool to change individual letters in an RNA sequence may open up new possibilities for gene therapy...
The first of two episodes of the One-to-One programme about people from families affected by genetic diseases: exploring the emotional impact of a family member's diagnosis and how relatives decide whether or not to find out if the condition will also aff
A Canadian man with Fabry disease — a rare, inherited enzyme deficiency — is the first person to be given gene therapy for the condition...
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