A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely ...

An updated edition of the Nov. 18, 2025, article. Genomics is a broad and detailed study of genomes (an organism’s complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA). Recent scientific advances in this ...

Gene therapy is a revolutionary approach to treating genetic disorders by introducing functional genes into cells to replace or correct defective genes. It involves the use of genetic material, such ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Genetics have been a big topic of mass discussion ever since the first Jurassic Park movie. But that was fiction. At Hawaiʻi’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, a research team is ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) have designed a new genetic therapy that could ...

Researchers have developed a single-dose genetic therapy that can clear protein blockages that cause motor neurone disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia, two ...

Diseases that affect the retina, the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye, are a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness. Gene therapy holds promise for treating some of these ...

A 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its kind gene-editing treatment was released from the hospital this week.