In the spring of 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved fidanacogene elaparvovec (Beqvez), only the second gene therapy product for hemophilia B. Just a few months later, the Pfizer ...
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Editor’s note: On June 3, 2025, KJ Muldoon was discharged from the hospital and is now at home with his family. When a baby born in Philadelphia was announced as the first person to get a gene therapy ...
Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine. Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike ...
Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of ...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder that results from mutations in the DMD gene. Gene therapies for DMD change genetic material in a person’s body to treat this condition.
Abu Dhabi achieved a medical milestone on January 5, 2026, with the UAE's first gene-therapy injection for inherited blood disorders. CASGEVY, utilizing CRISPR-Cas9, corrects faulty DNA in conditions ...
Researchers in the lab of Hans-Peter Kiem, MD, PhD, at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have devised a method that could one day treat genetic hematologic disorders by correcting how the body makes blood ...
As we continue our series exploring genetic medicine, both in this story and in Destiny's Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, gene therapy stands at a crossroads. On June 16, Sarepta Therapeutics ...
Four patients with infantile-onset Pompe’s disease received a single intravenous injection of an adeno-associated virus serotype 9 vector carrying codon-optimized complementary DNA encoding human acid ...