(NewsNation) — The FDA has approved the first gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare and fatal disease primarily affecting children under the age of seven. The staggering ...

Genetics plays important role in when people first have sex, and when they have kids Jul 1, 2021 Scientists ID more than 1,200 genes linked to educational attainment ...

Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China.

The exact number of kids with Batten disease remains unknown ... these diseases is to introduce a working copy of the defective gene. This is supplied by a gene therapy virus that instructs ...