New Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Shows Promise in Trials
University of Chicago Medical Center
Trial findings add to growing body of evidence supporting CRISPR-Cas9-led gene therapies for genetic diseases
Hereditary Disease
Microbiome Self-Collection Can Improve Accessibility and Data
DNA Genotek
Better quality data accessed from a wider range of individuals provides more robust results for treatments and clinical trials
Genetic Variants Predisposing Patients to Kidney Cancer Identified
UCLA Health
Findings could better detect and develop new treatment options for people with the HLRCC
Revising Screening Guidelines May Better Detect Lynch Syndrome
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Some cases of Lynch syndrome are missed in younger patients under current screening guidelines
Novel Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Enters Clinical Trial
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Results of the trial using the CM001 inhalable drug formulation are expected in 2024
New Study Finds Genetic Screening of Adults to Be Cost-Effective
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Genetic testing is currently limited to patients with a high-risk family history
Researchers Trial Potential Hemophilia Treatment
McMaster University
Patients with hemophilia A may now only need once-weekly, instead of thrice-weekly, injections of factor VIII
Clinical Applications of Long-Read Sequencing
Miriam Bergeret, MSc
To overcome the challenges of NGS, researchers have turned to third-generation or long-read sequencing technologies