By September, at least 30 people worldwide had begun a one-time gene therapy outside trials, according to the two drugmakers whose therapies were approved in America. Both treatments involve a ...

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Sep. 25, 2024 — Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single infusion of gene therapy, according to the new results of an ...

And, despite the pandemic, 2020 was a landmark year for the 24-year-old, from County Durham, who became the first person in the UK to receive a revolutionary new gene therapy on the NHS.

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Ultimately, the ability to realize the full potential of gene therapy to treat rare genetic diseases depends on listening to and addressing patients’ needs. Pfizer aims to establish a new ...

The first therapy that uses gene-editing is to be offered on the NHS in a “revolutionary breakthrough” for patients. It will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder beta thalassaemia.

Gene therapy could help obese kids avoid health problems associated with excess weight, including arthritis, a new, preliminary study in mice suggests. The gene therapy prompts cells to convert ...

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud stressed the importance of making costly gene therapy accessible to all, especially those outside urban centers. Speaking at a Bengaluru conference ...

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Gene Therapy with Fidanacogene Elaparvovec in Adults with Hemophilia B. New England Journal of Medicine , 2024; 391 (12): 1108 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2302982 Cite This Page : ...