Gene therapy

Gene-editing technique to treat lung cancer is due to be tested in people in August

Economists, investors and medical insurers can’t figure out how to pay for cutting-edge drugs

Progressive supranuclear palsy has become a test bed for therapies aimed at the tau protein thought to be behind many devastating neurodegenerative disorders

Scientists use a process developed by bacteria to manipulate RNA  

A technique to stop children from inheriting mitochondrial diseases has the potential to backfire

When it comes to a devastating blood disorder, sometimes two wrongs make a right

Early attempts to tailor disease treatment to individuals based on their DNA have met with equivocal success, raising concerns about a push to scale up such efforts

Birds and bees are just the beginning for this animal-altering technology

Experiment confirms that targeting senescent cells could treat age-related diseases

But federal law may prevent regulators from approving the technique

An external magnet guided cells to repair arteries in mice

Researchers are developing molecular switches that can inactivate transplanted genes, paving the way for safer gene therapies. First up—better treatments for cancer