A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Dr. Kiran Musunru crafted a bespoke treatment that has successfully corrected the genetic ...

A new study confirms this long-held theory, discovering that 60 percent of defective genetic pairs impacting the production ...

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the ...

AskBio Inc., an RTP-based gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance of its ...

The disease leads to the progressive growth of fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys, often resulting in kidney failure and other ...

Despite its strong influence, APOE is not the sole cause of Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Even among people with the ...

A research team has successfully demonstrated the world's first gene-editing treatment for Leber's hereditary optic ...

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only minor ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

Observational studies have often linked low testosterone to heart disease. Those studies are a bit misleading, the authors of ...

People from the Outer Hebrides and north-west Ireland have the highest risk of developing a genetic disease that causes a ...