A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

By reactivating a long-lost gene, researchers were able to lower uric acid levels and stop damaging fat accumulation in human ...

Gout is one of the oldest documented human illnesses. It develops when sharp crystals form inside joints, triggering intense swelling and pain, and is ...

Earlier this year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to a unique genetic mutation to save an infant named Baby KJ from dying of a ...

A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after ...

The discovery of the DNA structure sparked a flurry of new research, birthing fields like molecular biology, biotechnology, ...

Earlier this year, researchers at CHOP and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to a unique genetic mutation to save an infant named Baby KJ from dying of a rare liver disorder. KJ Muldoon ...

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained ...

One person’s side effect could be another person’s treatment if we expand our perspective on small molecule drug targets, ...

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained enough to ...