Newer therapies for several diseases work by modifying, deleting, or adding certain genes — something that would not be possible without having a genetic map and an understanding of which genes lead ...

Roche has recently launched a “fundamental reorganization” of Spark Therapeutics, the gene therapy unit the Swiss ... with a full impairment of 2.12 billion Swiss francs ($2.4 billion) in ...

The first complete DNA methylation atlas of 39 human cell types reveals which genes can talk or are silenced, depending on whether their sequence is linked to methyl group epigenetic modification that ...

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho ...

Disparities in HIV diagnosis rates were observed between Black and White individuals in the US from 2017 to 2021.

Working together with teams at Heidelberg and Yale Universities, they found that the enigmatic "spacer peptide 2," one of the virus components, plays a key role in converting immature HIV-1 ...

After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, Linda-Gail Bekker could finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. For decades, HIV experts had dreamed of an elusive vaccine to ...

A new study published in Communications Medicine details the discovery of rare gene variants that increase the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in multiple generations of Asian Indian people.

This image provided by the Wolf Foundation shows Chinese architect Tiantian Xu, who won this year's prestigious Wolf Award for her work in rural China. (Wolf Foundation via AP) 33,571 people ...

The Trump administration is discussing cuts to the CDC’s domestic HIV program, including funding for prevention, according to two former HHS officials who were granted anonymity to discuss their ...