Gene therapy represents a paradigm shift in modern medicine, offering unprecedented opportunities to combat diseases at their ...

Researchers developed a new gene-editing strategy that dramatically boosts the effectiveness of gene therapies in the liver, a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for about 700 genetic ...

Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman Managing Director, Medanta Hospital, has addressed the rising concern about heart attacks in young ...

Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or ...

Medical genetics department expands services, designated as Centre of Excellence under National Policy for Rare Diseases.

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. By creating the most complete and detailed genetic 'map' of kidney function to ...

Your genes play a huge role in what makes and shapes your entire existence. Since you inherit your genes from your parents, ...

Less than a month after researchers unveiled that a “ticking DNA clock” is behind Huntington’s disease (HD), scientists have ...

As key members of the Johns Hopkins Department of Genetic Medicine, genetic counselors help patients with rare diseases ...

Unlike older male eye cells, which showed a consistent immune response pattern, older female eye cells appeared to experience ...