Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a revolutionary gene-editing method using bacterial retrons ...

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

An increasing demand for gene therapies is focusing the industry on enhancing production capabilities, transitioning from ...

Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST and the Center for Genomic Integrity at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have announced an advance in cancer gene therapy. Their ...

Scientists looked at multiple techniques used to measure the modified viruses deployed in some gene therapy research and treatments. One technique, known as SEC-MALS, was the most precise and accurate ...

Traditional breeding and genetic modification methods have struggled to keep pace with the rapid evolution of plant viruses. CRISPR/Cas systems, originally derived from bacterial immune responses, ...

The technology has raised concerns about unwanted gene editing during the process that can harm crops ... they can address food insecurity in a meaningful way while other methods take hold. As CIMMYT ...

Learn more about a pioneering method that enables simultaneous RNA and metabolite analysis in the same cell, revealing the ...