Travis Smith was a very serious baby. Born completely unable to hear, his mother, Sierra, struggled to see his personality shine through his mute world. | Travis Smith was a very serious baby. Born completely unable to hear,

Cell and gene therapies are moving towards correcting root causes of diseases. Let's take a look at future cell and gene therapy trends.

Gene therapy represents one of medicine’s most ambitious attempts to treat disease at its root cause by altering the genetic code itself. The approach works by recovering the functions of critical proteins that serve as the workhorses of cells and form ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded researchers involved in developing gene therapies for blindness and sickle cell disease.

To Ocugen CEO Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., most gene therapy biotechs today lack vision. | Many gene therapy outfits focus on technical advances, Ocugen CEO Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., said, meaning they miss out on broader commercial success.

The skin over a fresh wound might not look like much. In some animals, though, that thin covering becomes command central for rebuilding what was lost.

Investigating a common gene in three very different species – axolotls, mice and zebrafish – scientists have discovered the potential for a novel gene therapy aimed at eventually regrowing limbs in humans,