The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we ...

On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

Head and neck cancers often begin in the mouth, throat, or voice box. They're among the most common cancers in the world, affecting over half a million people each year and causing about 300,000 ...

Scientists at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), Milan, have found that gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 in combination with AAV6 vectors can trigger inflammatory and ...

In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single photo that circulated across news outlets ...