Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a so-called protease inhibitor, a type of enzyme inhibitor. It is produced in the liver but exerts its ...

Norah Awad has lived with beta thalassemia major, a severe blood disorder that has required monthly transfusions since she ...

In children with severe thalassemia, disease-specific characteristics, such as iron overload caused by long-term transfusions, immune dysfunction, and specific treatment approaches during ...

Eye color genetics is complex, with multiple genes from each parent determining a person's eye color. Scientists once believed a single gene controlled eye color, but research shows that more than 50 ...

noting the positive impact the treatment will have on patients with genetic disorders such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Hisham Hagar, Senior Country Manager at Vertex GCC, expressed ...

But the company could not build a sustainable business and many of the 15 million people who gave their genetic information to the platform are worried about where their personal data could end up.

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, involves obtaining DNA from a sample of cells in your body to identify specific genes, chromosomes, or proteins, including those that are faulty (known as ...

Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver perfusion using a gene-edited pig liver. Blood in a brain-dead patient circulated through a pig’s liver that was outside the ...

A genetic data giant is falling, and it’s unclear what will happen to millions of people’s most intimate personal information in the aftermath. On March 23, DNA testing company 23andMe ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Persistence is in Anne Wojcicki’s DNA. The co-founder of 23andMe, an innovative at-home genetic testing ...

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