Science is discovery and discovery evolve. Few discoveries have elicited as much excitement in the scientific world in recent times ...

Researchers are therefore exploring other ways to protect cells from HIV, including using CRISPR gene editing to disable or delete CCR5 receptors on immune cells. But there is an urgent need for ...

Like a half-dozen or so other cases that have been reported in the last 15 years, both patients received stem cells from donors with a rare genetic mutation ... which is called CCR5-delta 32.

Given the success of allotransplants from homozygous CCR5-delta32 donors, CCR5-mutant cell products have been developed via gene editing and have been shown to be safe when infused into participants ...

At this point, the efficacy of the CCR5 inhibitor maraviroc is uncertain ... HIV-2 differs from HIV-1 in origin, distribution, genetic makeup, virulence, pathogenicity, and responsiveness to some ...

A phase 2 trial will evaluate leronlimab’s safety and efficacy for the treatment of patients with microsatellite stable ...

By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease-causing gene mutation with a single infusion carrying a treatment that precisely targeted the errant gene. This was the first time a mutated ...

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy's causes of death have been revealed, almost two weeks after they were found dead. Dr Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico, told a press ...

Gene was suffering from severe heart disease and advanced Alzheimer's disease, while Betsy suffered from hantavirus, which is spread through rodent droppings Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa ...

The investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa continued Thursday, over a week after their bodies were discovered at a New Mexico estate shared by the couple.

Zandy Forbes’ biotech company MeiraGTx has developed targeted gene therapy methods to treat more than just genetic disorders. Now it’s on the cusp of its first regulatory approval. Each year ...

The investigation into the deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa has entered its second week. According to a search warrant affidavit, authorities found the actor in a ...