Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using ...

A 19-year-old Kelowna man and his doctors have made medical history. As Travis Lowe reports, he is the first person in the world to have been cured of his rare disease, by a procedure called 'gene ...

The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are glimpses of forward momentum as Vertex and Genetix Bio provide updates.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says the agency wants to remove barriers for patients suffering from rare genetic conditions.

CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access ...

An 18-year-old from Kelowna is the first person with CGD to receive and be cured by a gene modification treatment known as ...

IS HOLDING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN. BOTH CHILDREN HAVE A GENETIC DISORDER THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CAUSES A FLOOD OF SEIZURES. AND THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM MAY LIE IN A GENE ...

The CRISPR gene-editing tool can be used to silence an important hepatitis B virus gene, a proof-of-concept in vitro study suggests. "It's the first time we've seen CRISPR editing done in a hepatitis ...

Thanks to advances in imaging and diagnostic technologies, clinicians can now detect many genetic disorders in the womb, ...

Congenital hearing loss refers to impaired auditory function that occurs due to genetic causes. GJB2 is the gene responsible for approximately half of all cases of hereditary hearing loss. Connexin 26 ...