Charity organisation Sickle Cell Society has described the recommendation as a “major breakthrough” for sickle cell patients.

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off.

Scientists have successfully engineered the most complicated human cell lines ever, indicating that our genomes are more tolerant to significant structural alterations than previously assumed.

Around 1,700 people could be eligible for the one-time treatment, which is seen as a less risky alternative to a donor stem ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

Visualizing cells after editing specific genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But ...

Experts hailed exciting news for some people with sickle cell disease in England as the health watchdog decided to grant ...

The therapy involves taking stem cells out of a patient's bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory and ...

The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at ...

An Oxfordshire university student is among those set to receive a "transformative" gene-therapy treatment on the NHS for sickle ...

January 31, 2025 expert reaction to NICE final draft guidance on exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) for severe sickle cell disease . Scientists comment on final draft guidance fro ...