CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced positive interim data from the first patients in the companies’ Phase I/II clinical trials of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing therapy CTX001.

The advent of increasingly more mainstream and affordable genetic testing enables powerful genetic research – but that power is directly associated with the strength and diversity of the database of genetic information available.

At the 2018 BIO International Convention in Boston, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said he expects the U.S. regulatory agency to approve 40 gene therapies by 2022.

Genetics company 23andMe announced the launch of a new consumer genetic test service on Wednesday that will show whether an individual carries genes associated with 36 different disorders, such as […]