An experimental gene therapy seems to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease by about 75 per cent, and researchers are ...

For a technology that costs millions, a collaborative approach may improve efficiency and allow the science to live up to its ...

This year saw notable progress in head and neck cancers, Huntington's disease, personalized genetic therapy, and heart ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

The baby saved from a rare disease by a first-ever personalized gene fix has reached a big milestone, taking his first steps ahead of Christmas. KJ Muldoon is walking and getting ready to celebrate ...

The parents of 7-week-old Dhruvan Gopi were warned he might not survive the night as specialists converged around his crib at ...

The first infant to undergo gene-editing therapy has accomplished another first — his first steps. KJ Muldoon is walking and ...

Amid news of the splashy $4.8 billion Amicus buy, BioMarin has slipped in the discontinuation of a genetic liver disease ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

An Illinois family pushed for both boys to receive the potentially life changing medical treatment after one was approved and ...

Sometimes, a small error in the sequence of DNA can lead to a very serious disease. Scientists have identified many mutations ...

The study focused on inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs), a group of genetic diseases that lead to progressive vision loss ...