Cancer-Related Genetic Variants May Be Inherited by Five Percent of People
Credit: frimages/Getty Images One in every 20 people may inherit a genetic variant in key genes that make…
Reporter’s Notebook: The Overdue Breakout for Gene Therapy and Gene Editing
As gene editing enters a new era, leaders discuss Baby KJ’s implications for families, science, and industry. (Left…
GeneDx Announced as Sequencing Partner for Sunshine Genetics Act Pilot
Source: JGI/Jamie Grill / Getty Images Genetic sequencing and diagnostics company GeneDx announced this week that it would…
Genetic Breast Cancer Risk Impacted by Affected Family Members
Credit: PonyWang/Getty Images Women who have inherited genes linked with breast cancer may have a markedly altered risk…
Generative AI Designs Synthetic Gene Editing Proteins Better than Nature
Credit: vchal/Getty Images Researchers from Integra Therapeutics, in partnership with the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Center…
Alnylam Joins Illumina and NashBio for Faster, More Inclusive Drug Discovery
Credit: Andrew Brookes / Connect Images When Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced it would join the Alliance for Genomic Discovery…
Experimental Neuroblastoma Therapy Overcomes Resistance in Mice
Credit: Nemes Laszlo/Getty Images Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have reported encouraging results for a novel…
AI Model Finds Gene Targets and Drug Combos to Reprogram Diseased Cells
Credit: FlashMovie/Getty Images Traditional drug discovery has often followed the “one drug, one target” paradigm—developing compounds against individual…
Autoimmune Disease Risk Linked to mRNA Instability
Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / Getty Images / Science Photo Library Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles…
CRISPR Screen Identifies GATOR1 as Lymphoma Tumor Suppressor
Credit: CoRus13 via Wikimedia Commons A team of Australian researchers has identified a set of genes that encode…
Organoids Used to Find New Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Target
Credit: Kateryna Kon/ Getty Images / Science Photo Library Researchers at ShanghaiTech University in China have discovered a…
Gaining on Glioma | Inside Precision Medicine
Credit: wildpixel / iStock / Getty Images Plus Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumor. Among all…