First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment
Physicist Stephen Hawking lived with motor neuron disease for longer than any other person known.Credit: Santi Visalli/Getty A…
Epigenetic editing makes its mark
Epigenetic modifications to DNA (yellow), such as those catalysed by DNA methyltransferase enzymes (blue, centre) control gene expression.Credit:…
Gene therapies to fix failing hearts gain steam after years in the doldrums
Heart-muscle cells (in close-up, artificially coloured) do not normally proliferate in adult mammals, but scientists are trying to…
Eyes of the world’s longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, show little ageing
Swimming at a crawl with cloudy eyes and mottled skin, the Greenland shark looks like it’s seen better…
7 medical breakthroughs of 2025
For most diseases, the challenge is not a lack of effort but the limits of existing tools and…
Science in 2026: what to expect this year – Nature
Science in 2026: what to expect this year NatureWhat to expect from 2026 in science, arts, politics and society thetimes.com7…
the events to watch for in the coming year
India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft launched in 2023. Next year, it will observe the Sun during its peak activity phase.Credit:…
‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy
On a video call in early September, Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data that she and other researchers…
can gene editing prevent heart disease?
Crystalline forms of cholesterol (blue) in a liver cell (purple), imaged using a scanning electron microscope.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science…
New gene-editing method can correct many disease-causing mutations in mammalian cells
Some genetic disorders-such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease-involve many mutations in a person’s genome, often…
Experimental gene therapy successfully treats dozens of children with rare fatal disorder
ADVERTISEMENT An experimental gene therapy has successfully treated dozens of children with a rare and fatal immune disorder,…
Harnessing “DNA surgery” to develop therapeutic medicines for genetic liver and heart diseases
Genome editing is increasingly recognzed as a leading frontier in biomedical research and an essential driver of healthcare…