Gene Therapy

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our mastery of synthetic biology is improving so much that this weird breakthrough is now possible.   Love the Exponential…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we crack the secret of life, DNA, it opens the door to all manner of previously unthinkable cures.  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could turn one cell into another to repair muscle or tissue damage? That’s what this tech does….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cancer is still one of the world’s biggest killers but new personalised treatments seem to be working with staggering results…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF I don’t have to tell you why having an immune system is important – and for those born without one…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Of course ethically there will never be any substitute for real exercise, but new gene therapies are pushing our thinking…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Using the CRISPR gene editing tool to cut and edit DNA sequences can create unintended side effects, and CAST eliminates…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With the advent of personalised medicine and new revolutionary gene  treatments, being able to interpret and make sense of the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New gene therapy treatments could spell the end of painful and exhausting chemotherapy treatments, and give patients new hope, but…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sickle cell disease is a painful and debilitating disease that affects millions of people worldwide, but everything seems to indicate…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Millions of people around the world suffer from deafness, now scientists might be zero’ing in on a new cure that…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By authorising the creation of so called designer babies UK regulators are permitting doctors to use new gene therapy treatments…