Attaching an ingredient in scorpion venom to nanoparticles of iron oxide can help therapeutic genes to reach more brain cancer cells than existing approaches.

Human pluripotent cells have been created using a virus alone

A combination gene therapy that endows human stem cells with three ways to resist HIV has passed its first safety test in humans.

AN RNA “bandage” that masks genetic mutations has prompted boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to make a missing, muscle-strengthening protein throughout their bodies for the first time.

Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy.

Selected slides from secondary teacher workshop titled, Human enhancement: are we going cyborg

Variants of the FOXO3A gene are common in people who live past 100. If you want to live a long, healthy life these are handy genes to have.

Coating a modified virus with a polymer dramatically increases their ability to penetrate and deliver therapeutic genes to cancer cells.

Researchers have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches, creating what could be a vital tool for the development of new drugs and even future gene therapies.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells have been hailed and the ethical alternative to those derived from embryos. A recent international workshop sat down to discuss if these cells add any new legal, social and scientific elements to the debate?