Gene therapy represents one of medicine’s most ambitious attempts to treat disease at its root cause by altering the genetic code itself. The approach works by recovering the functions of critical ...

Cell and gene therapies use the body's building blocks - cells and genetic material - to boost the immune system or correct ...

Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard explained the circumstances of the patient death at the JP Morgan Healthcare ...

Gene therapy approaches include gene replacement, suppression, and editing, each matched to specific genetic mechanisms in hereditary hearing loss. Preclinical studies in rodent models show promise, ...

Astellas Gene Therapies remains intent on treating X-linked Myotubular Myopathy (XLMTM) through a gene therapy—but instead of AAV-based resamirigene bilparvovec (AT132), Astellas is now partnering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A patient in a late-stage gene editing trial for a rare heart condition died from fatal liver complications after receiving an ...

A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder, from the burden of lifelong transfusions. A single one-time gene therapy could free ...

Lowering cholesterol is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, and it may soon be possible to get a one-and-done gene therapy to keep cholesterol and triglyceride levels ...

Treatment with onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 was associated with less need for nutritional support or nighttime ventilation compared to recommended ...