Coffee Break: A Triumph of Gene Editing

Coffee Break: A Triumph of Gene Editing

Part the First: Gene Editing as a Cure for Genetic Disease.  The recent politics of American science has been depressing in the extreme, and last week I promised to cover recent good things in basic and clinical science.   I can’t think of anything better than a baby has been treated successfully for a rare, lethal […]

Chinese Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Cure Thalassemia in Children

Geneticists have used a cutting-edge DNA base editing treatment on several patients to cure thalassemia, a prevalent and severe genetic blood disease.