Sickle Cell Disease is a complex and debilitating ... It is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, which leads to the ...

Analysis - Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer ...

Zynext Ventures is investing in Illexcor Therapeutics to advance the clinical development of ILX002, its lead candidate for ...

When edited stem cells were transplanted into mice with sickle cell disease, long-term function of the HBB gene was restored, with high clinical efficacy. Perhaps the biggest news in the genomics ...

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...

Sebastien Beauzile became the first person in NY to be made symptom-free after undergoing a new type of gene therapy.

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and eight other institutions in the United States, Africa and Europe say they have ...

21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anemia using the innovative Lyfgenia gene therapy. This ...