RNA therapeutics target translation rather than DNA, aiming to correct shared protein production errors. By enabling cells to read through premature stop codons, engineered tRNAs could restore ...

Bayer has discontinued an early-stage clinical gene therapy for a rare genetic disorder in favor of a similar candidate. | Bayer has discontinued an early-stage clinical gene therapy for a rare ...

Gene therapy represents one of medicine’s most ambitious attempts to treat disease at its root cause by altering the genetic code itself. The approach works by recovering the functions of critical ...

When gene therapy was first proposed in the 1970s, the idea seemed straightforward but revolutionary: replacing defective genes with functional ones to cure a disease. But over the decades, this ...

The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are glimpses of forward momentum as Vertex and Genetix Bio provide updates.

UniQure and REGENXBIO are both dealing with FDA setbacks for their respective gene therapies, as regulatory experts question ...

Intellia is now able to continue both Phase III trials of nex-z. Credit: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com (Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the ...

Forget Vertex Pharmaceuticals -- CRISPR Therapeutics is a better buy right now.

Non-profit organisations play a crucial role in supporting rare disease therapy development and rescuing shelved programmes, ...

Onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy post-nusinersen or risdiplam showed meaningful motor improvements in children with SMA, with a manageable safety profile. The study cohort included older, heavier ...

Just three months after further scaling back its support for the struggling hemophilia A gene therapy Roctavian, BioMarin is ...