Eventually, he says, the cost of custom gene-editing treatments might be similar to that of liver transplants, which is around $800,000, not including lifelong medical care and drugs.

Rhianna Hill and her partner, Curtis, welcomed their son, Gene-Vincent, into the world on September 12, 2024. Prior to that, the number one boy in Hill's life had been her 2-year-old cat, Binx.

The baby, now 9 ½ months old, became the first patient of any age to have a custom gene-editing treatment, according to his doctors. He received an infusion made just for him and designed to fix ...

News broke yesterday that researchers in Philadelphia appear to have successfully treated a 6-month-old baby boy, called KJ, with a personalized CRISPR gene-editing therapy. The treatment corrects ...