Aissam, the boy who escaped a silent world thanks to gene therapy: “I’m hearing the phone!”
A bubble of absolute silence has sheltered the boy Aissam Dam throughout his life. Eleven years in the shadows of ...
Tag: Hereditary diseases
The European Commission approves the first gene editing treatment with CRISPR
The European Commission has authorized the first treatment that uses the revolutionary CRISPR technique to edit human DNA. The therapy, ...
Genetic autopsies to unmask the mystery of sudden deaths
There are deaths without apparent explanation. They are not violent, nor have they been accompanied by previous symptoms that justify ...
A heart model with stem cells solves the enigma of a family disease with two faces
Olalla Radio and his brother Esteban carry traces of the same disease in their genes: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common ...
The European agency recommends authorizing the first gene editing treatment with CRISPR
A committee of experts from the European Medicines Agency recommended this Friday the authorization of the first drug that uses ...
The United States approves the first treatment with CRISPR gene editing
The revolutionary CRISPR gene editing is now fully part of the arsenal of medicine. The United States Food and Drug ...
