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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…

How long does it take you to go to the bathroom? And does your boss have any right to ask?According to a recent story in the…

Pigs that are resistant to a deadly viral disease have been created by scientists at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute.The gene-edited animals remained healthy when exposed to classical…

The MC4R gene promotes gain of fat tissue (pictured, artificially coloured fat cells) but suppresses cholesterol levels.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPLA gene that causes obesity is paradoxically linked…

The rock world is mourning the death of Kiss co-founder and legendary lead guitarist Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer died…