A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up ...

The outspoken longevity scientist David Sinclair has been predicting that one day, you’ll go to the doctor and get a prescription that will make you 10 years younger. Now MIT Technology Review has ...

June 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed allowing makers of cell and gene therapies targeting rare and life-threatening diseases to ‌use existing scientific ...

A computer-designed protein that forms a cage-like structure of pentagons and hexagons. (UW Institute for Protein Design Illustration) Medical experts use gene therapies for a variety of ailments — ...

David Hasselhoff further fueled concerns about his health on Wednesday, when he was seen being pushed in a wheelchair with a bandaged ankle. The “Baywatch” star, 73, appeared frail and thin as he was ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a final guidance document with immediate effect advising sponsors on chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) flexibilities for cell and gene ...

Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when ...

David Hasselhoff has fans worried after he was recently spotted using a walker and looking thinner than his beefy "Baywatch" prime ... but he is doing just fine, TMZ is told. A source close to the ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance on how sponsors can utilize next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods in nonclinical studies to assess the safety risks associated ...