A New Gene Therapy Technique has Been Developed
Researchers at Columbia University have found a way to apply CRISPR, a tool used in gene therapies, to new types of disease, reports News Medical. The study was carried out…
Researchers at Columbia University have found a way to apply CRISPR, a tool used in gene therapies, to new types of disease, reports News Medical. The study was carried out…
In Canada, it is illegal to require a person to disclose results of genetic testing in any form of contract. The government of Quebec, however, recently issued a series of…
According to a story from the Chicago Tribune, Maine South High School, located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois, raised over $60,000 for Huntington's disease research. The school…
According to a story from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a group of scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unearthed a new mechanism that could…
According to a story from The Telegraph, a team of Chinese and American scientists have used gene editing to create pigs with Huntington's disease. A portion of human genetic material…
Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) have published research showing that changes in the brain causing spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) occur at a younger age than previously thought, reports NeuroscienceNews.…
Cindy Rogers never gets a day off. She barely recalls a time when she slept for more than a handful of consecutive hours. This is because Cindy serves as primary…
The disease may be daunting, but it won't stop young, determined woman Ellis Kerton. According to LincolnshireLive, Ellis learned when she was 19-years-old that she was positive for Huntington's disease.…