When even one tiny section of a person’s genetic code becomes mutated or modified, cells can begin to act out of ...

Gene therapy involves the introduction of new genes into cells, to restore or add gene expression, for the purpose of treating disease. Most commonly a mutated gene is replaced with DNA encoding a ...

NEW YORK — To gene therapy pioneer Jim Wilson, the field is currently clouded with “irrational pessimism.” Companies are abandoning ship; approved therapies aren’t being prescribed.