created from that gene 1. The EST patent holder could withhold consent entirely or charge a fee. According to John Doll, Director of Biotechnology Examination at the USPTO, “The USPTO views this ...

Liam Gallagher is about to become a grandad. The Oasis icon's daughter, Molly Moorish-Gallagher, has announced her pregnancy, sparking a flood of supportive messages. Molly, 27, the daughter of Liam ...

Liam Gallagher is set to become a grandfather as his daughter Molly Moorish-Gallagher announces she is expecting a baby with her partner, Liverpool footballer Nat Phillips.

Amid a reckoning for the gene therapy field, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has joined a growing list of companies paring back their research efforts around the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors used ...

DNA holds the code for building life, but not all of it is useful. Some parts behave more like parasites, sticking around ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced gastrointestinal (GI ...

A Johnson & Johnson gene therapy in development for an inherited vision-loss disorder has failed a Phase 3 study(Opens in a new window), the latest clinical research ...

Wes Anderson has a new movie out. Here's how to best open the American auteur's intricate, indulgent dioramas.

The 28th American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) meeting kicks off in mid-May in New Orleans. The annual event, which is on pace toward a goal of 8,000 attendees, will be a whirlwind of ...

A baby born with a rare genetic disease is "growing and thriving" after getting bespoke gene therapy. It's the first time anyone in the world has been given an experimental gene-editing treatment ...

Instead, KJ has made medical history. The baby, now 9 ½ months old, became the first patient of any age to have a custom gene-editing treatment, according to his doctors. He received an infusion ...