The arc of biotechnology is one of breakthroughs and struggles, writes Tim Hunt, CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative ...

Marks’ resignation leaves the field without a regulator many view as “integral” to its progress over the last decade.

For two years, the director of molecular genetics at Scottish Rite for Children has worked with colleagues at UT Southwestern ...

After 30 years of continuing improvements, gene therapy appears to be on the cusp of living up to that promise. Today more than 700 gene therapies including gene-modified cell therapies are being ...

They used the mechanisms zebrafish rely on to repair damage to their hearts combined with viral vectors used for gene therapy in humans. In a new paper appearing online Dec. 13 in Cell Stem Cell, the ...

An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness - gain "life-changing improvements" to their sight, according to ...

An 8-year-old northern Minnesota boy is one of the first in the country to receive a specific type of gene therapy treatment. Colton Belluzzo was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy when ...

Zandy Forbes’ biotech company MeiraGTx has developed targeted gene therapy methods to treat more than just genetic disorders. Now it’s on the cusp of its first regulatory approval. Each year ...

“This is the beginning of a new era of medicine,” said Dr. Kiran Musunuru, a gene therapy researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He added that the method ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...