Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress.

Gene editing is a powerful technique which opens the possibility of genetic therapies which can rectify mutations which normally lead to disease. The use of ...

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

An international group of gene editing leaders has put out a call for a 10-year ban on heritable human genome editing (HHGE), ...

Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and ...

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Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of immunoglobulin variable (V) regions modulates antibody-antigen affinity is initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have ...

Global health stories including rare illnesses, climate change, hypertension, and more, with a focus on little KJ Muldoon's ...

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him. Researchers described the case in a new study ...

Once the tailor-made infusion reaches the liver, the molecular scissors contained in it penetrates cells and goes to work editing the boy’s flawed gene. The results were promising for other people ...

In February, KJ got his first IV infusion with the gene editing therapy, delivered through tiny fatty droplets called lipid nanoparticles that are taken up by liver cells. While the room was abuzz ...