Tiffany Fransen's lifelong clumsiness turned out to be a rare neurodegenerative disease. Friedreich’s ataxia leads to muscle ...

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

In an exciting scientific first, researchers at the Allen Institute successfully designed a new gene therapy that reversed symptoms related to SYNGAP1-related disorders (SRD) in mice. These are a ...

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

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only minor ...

The baby saved from a rare disease by a first-ever personalized gene fix has reached a big milestone, taking his first steps ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The expression of GSDMB was high in children with a 17q21 genetic variant. These children did not have ...

X-linked retinoschisis gene replacement therapy, aiming to improve retinal architecture and visual function in young male ...

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar series continues from noon to 1 p.m. April 2. The program will help Holstein breeders understand the muscle weakness genetic ...

At the Cleveland Clinic, doctors are using a one-time gene-editing therapy that alters a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells to correct the genetic mutation responsible for the disease. Physicians ...