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1,080 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. Life

    A healthy old age may trump immortality

    Despite disagreements about what aging is and isn't, scientists have reached a radical consensus: It can be delayed.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Genetics

    Human gene editing research gets green light

    Gene editing research can move forward, but not for reproductive purposes, international summit committee says.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Science & Society

    Gene therapy, Gattaca-style, poses ethical issues

    Gene therapy becomes more sophisticated, and the debate over the ethics of DNA tinkering grows.

    By Eva Emerson
  4. Science & Society

    Insights into sexes’ differing responses to stress

    Chronic stress takes its toll on everyone. One of our reporters follows a line of research suggesting that stress hits women harder (or at least differently) than men.

    By Eva Emerson
  5. Health & Medicine

    Weapon of bone destruction identified

    Scientists discover myeloma’s secret bone-destroying messenger.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Genetics

    Proteins that reprogram cells can turn back mice’s aging clock

    Proteins that reprogram adult cells to an embryonic-like state can rejuvenate prematurely aging mice.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    Gene editing helps a baby battle cancer

    Doctors used molecular scalpels to tweak T cells to target leukemia but not harm the patient.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Genetics

    Year in review: Breakthrough gene editor sparks ethics debate

    The gene editing system CRISPR has opened the door to new scientific advancements — and ethical concerns.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Life

    Fido and Fluffy could unleash drug-resistant microbes

    After discovering resistant microbes in pets, scientists worry about the role of companion animals in the spread of resistant urinary infections.

    By Laura Beil
  10. Life

    Color vision strategy defies textbook picture

    Cone cells in the retina see in black and white and color.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Neuroscience

    Cancer drug’s usefulness against Alzheimer’s disputed

    A preliminary report questions the anti-Alzheimer’s activity of a cancer-fighting drug.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Neuroscience

    Signs of Huntington’s show up in the brain in childhood

    Hints of Huntington’s disease show up in the brain long before symptoms do.

    By Laura Sanders