Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy
MIT hailed it as China's first domestic gene therapy breakthrough, as well as "the most dramatic restoration of a lost sense yet achieved."
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Scientists Discover Genetic Cause of Lupus, a Chronic Autoimmune Disease
Researchers used CRISPR to identify a genetic cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, which can lead to new treatments.
Genetic Heart Conditions Could be Cured for First Time with Single Jab - It's a 'Defining Moment'
Genetic cardiomyopathies is a group of diseases that are genetically passed on to offspring and often strike young people down in their 20s.
Revolutionary CRISPR-based Genome Editing System Destroys Cancer Cells 'Permanently' in Lab
A Tel Aviv University team shows their CRISPR genome editing system can improve survival rates by 80% in mice with metastatic ovarian cancer.
CRISPR Gene-Editing Experiment Partly Restores Vision In Legally Blind Patients
An experimental trial of seven patients with LCA, regained some of their vision after being legally-blind, through CRISPR gene-editing.
3 Years After CRISPR Treatment 73 of 75 Patients Cured of Blood Disease - FDA Approval is Near
Vertex hope to market what would be the first FDA-approved CRISPR treatment in the U.S. by the end of the year,
Aggressive Leukemia Disappears in 13-Year-old Girl Who was First to Receive New CRISPR Treatment
In the latest CRISPR success story, a 13-year-old girl whose leukemia had not responded to other treatments now has no detectable cancer cells. She received a dose of immune cells that were genetically edited to attack the leukemia, a method that's been used with other cancers. A form of cancer in the bone marrow tissue, […]
CRISPR Gene Editing Reverses 'Permanent' Vision Loss in Mice-Offering Hope for Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients
'Three blind mice' can see again after scientists restored vision in breakthrough research that could reverse human retinitis pigmentosa.
FDA Clears First Study of CRISPR Gene-Editing in Human Patients
The advantages are huge if such a drug could be proven to work well—a lack of hospital and laboratory work would save a patient thousands
FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR
CRISPR edits the genetic code of the body's own stem cells to treat conditions that arise from defective or mutated genes.
New Non-Invasive Test Could Make it Easier for Doctors to Predict Success for Women Undergoing IVF
IVF is a complex process, with success rates among women younger than 40 in the United States being only 20 to 40 percent.
Crazy Insulin Prices Now a Thing of the Past in U.S. After Government Initiates Monthly Cost of $35
Big pharma companies now have to provide rebates to Medicare if the cost of their drug rose faster than the price of inflation.
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