A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s.
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Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...
In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...
Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...
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An FDA-approved osteoporosis treatment might nudge a mutated protein back into shape and improve heart function, according to ...
Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...
WashU Medicine-led trial evaluating investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company aims to stop disease before symptoms ...
A groundbreaking study has identified how previously mysterious mutations in non-coding DNA contribute to kidney disease, ...
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 ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application for zongertinib for the treatment of adult patients with ...