TEHRAN, August 29 -For the first time, researchers have used the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to produce mutant reptiles, four tiny albino lizards.
TEHRAN, Jul 21 -Most of the science looking at gender differences among mammals have focused on physiological differences, but new research suggests many of those more outward-facing differences -- like height and facial hair -- are rooted in differences in the way males and females express their genes.
TEHRAN, May 25 -The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a $2.125 million treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic illness known as muscle-wasting disease that kills many babies before they turn 2.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 - Ten infants have successfully received an experimental therapy, which involves collecting their bone marrow and exposing it to a virus that inserts a corrected copy of the defective gene into their stem cells.
TEHRAN, Feb 20 - Women who have specific mutations in genes known as BRCA are at increased risk for breast and ovarian cancers. Now, an influential expert panel reaffirms that certain women should be screened for the genes.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 -The compilation of deadly gene variants in a new database could pave the way for digitized cancer research on risk and treatment, researchers say.
TEHRAN, December 05 -A new gene therapy ickle cell anemia, or SCA, has shown promise in early clinical trials after reversing the condition's symptoms in two adults, researchers report.
TEHRAN, October 29 -A new gene therapy might help improve motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease who aren't responding to other therapies, an early study has found.
TEHRAN, October 04 -Many older breast cancer patients might worry that they will be struck by "chemo brain" after their treatments, but a new study suggests that only those who carry a gene linked to Alzheimer's face that risk.