So far, gene therapy has only treated rare disorders. Now, for the first time, it has been used to treat a boy with sickle cell disease, a common genetic disease
Gene therapy ‘cures’ boy of blood disease that affects millions
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Gene therapy restores hearing
Delivering a functional gene to the ears of mice with a genetic hearing disorder allows them to detect sound
Injection could permanently lower cholesterol by changing DNA
Some people have mutations that greatly lower their cholesterol. Tests in mice suggest gene editing could give the rest of us the same protection
Reprogrammed skin cells shrink brain tumors in mice
New method could attack aggressive cancers like glioblastoma
Human genome editing shouldn’t be used for enhancement – yet
Gene editing can already treat human diseases, but while editing the germline and enhancing human traits might be acceptable one day, we’re not there yet, says report
First stable semisynthetic organism created
Scientists hope to “impart life with new forms and functions”
Gene editing has saved the lives of two children with leukaemia
Gene-edited cells kill cancers
Gene-edited cells fight cancer
Immune cells engineered to target cancer could provide an off-the-shelf therapy