CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- A teenage girl is alive thanks to an experimental gene therapy treatment created at UCLA. She was born with a rare genetic disorder, so any common infection could've killed ...

"Regulatory flexibility must be tailored for cell and gene therapies," commented FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. "These are ...

This scan of a mouse brain shows blood vessels (red), brain cells (green), and amyloid plaques (blue). A new gene therapy treatment developed by UC San Diego works by reprogramming the behavior of ...

Hot on the heels of a $150 million fundraise, Atsena Therapeutics is back with early-stage data for the company’s eye disease gene therapy. The candidate improved the structure and function of the ...

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

Researchers in the lab of Hans-Peter Kiem, MD, PhD, at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have devised a method that could one day treat genetic hematologic disorders by correcting how the body makes blood ...

An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...

Viral vectors dominate gene therapy, with lentivirus, adenovirus, and AAV being key players, each with unique advantages and limitations. Non-viral vectors, such as lipid nanoparticles and GalNAc, ...

Cell and gene therapy are revolutionary approaches to treating diseases at the molecular level. They involve the manipulation ...

Even hearing the phrase “Huntington’s disease” will make a room suddenly somber. So the joy that accompanied a recent announcement of results of an experimental gene therapy for the deadly diseases ...