Tag: Gene therapy
Erasing or replacing errors in a patient’s genetic code can treat...
David Liu, Harvard University
Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years,...
First gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease successfully given to two children
Miguel Sena-Esteves, UMass Chan Medical School
Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over...
How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune...
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and...
CRISPR can help combat the troubling immune response against gene therapy
Samira Kiani, University of Pittsburgh
One of the major challenges facing gene therapy - a way to treat disease by replacing a patient’s defective genes...