Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation that sabotages one of the brain’s key protective enzymes. The discovery not ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the first time, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the ...

Recognizing this individuality has driven scientists to research beyond a one-size-fits-all approach to cancer treatment.

New technology enables the insertion of a large segment of DNA into a genome, potentially expanding gene therapy treatment ...

Genetic mutations aren't always a bad thing. A groundbreaking new study suggests that mutations on a single gene may actually be beneficial when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. For the study, Dr.

Aplastic anemia is a rare, life-threatening blood disorder where patients are unable to make enough blood cells due to the ...

TP53 alterations independently predicted inferior remission, EFS, and OS after CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory B-ALL.

Gene therapy has the potential to dramatically benefit patients with genetic blood disorders, but a small study on participants in a clinical trial for sickle cell disease suggests that a key process ...

Thousands of years ago, a special child was born in the Sahara. At the time, this was not a desert; it was a green belt of savannas, woodlands, lakes and rivers. Bands of hunter-gatherers thrived ...

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