How does HIV, armed with only nine genes, manage to hijack the immune system so effectively? For decades, researchers have known that the virus depends on human proteins to enter, replicate, and ...
A 63-year-old man has been functionally cured of HIV with a bone marrow transplant. While bone marrow donations have resulted in HIV remission in the past, this is the first time that has occurred ...
A new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while leaving healthy cells untouched. The technology has largely been tested in cells ...
Reproductive Health 'Two lives hang in the balance': Risky surgery in the womb saved baby from deadly disorder at just 25 weeks gestation Human Evolution 'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep ...
When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...
Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that causes Down syndrome (DS). Down syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an ...