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While standing on the sideline watching a high school soccer game, my friend, who owned a small and successful construction company, complained that his son –…

Just a small fraction of our 20,000 genes can cause disease when disrupted – yet that sliver accounts for thousands of rare disorders. The difficulty is:…

December 3, 20253 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists Pinpoint Gene in Sperm That May Be Key to Male InfertilityWithout the gene Poc5, male mice…

Will retailers and merchants have a strong holiday season? That depends. This year, more than most, the 2025 holiday season will actually be two holiday seasons.If…

Doctors are cautiously optimistic about a groundbreaking gene therapy for children affected by a devastating inherited disorder after seeing positive results in the first boy to…

Want to buy a new shirt from your friendly neighborhood small business? In some cases, be prepared to pay out 2.5% more as a “financing” fee…

Crystalline forms of cholesterol (blue) in a liver cell (purple), imaged using a scanning electron microscope.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryA CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing therapy has halved people’s…

In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed high cholesterol levels in a small number of people.In…

Late last year, dozens of researchers spanning thousands of miles banded together in a race to save one baby boy’s life. The result was a world…

Nature, Published online: 31 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03566-8In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of…