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Scientists set to cure genetic heart conditions that cause sudden death

Scientists have said they are just a few years away from curing genetic heart conditions which affect around 260,000 people in the UK and can cause sudden death. An international team of researchers is coming together for cutting-edge science after ...

29 Jul 2022 at 01:43

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D, study suggests

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D and help to reduce deficiency across the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the salad favourite can be engineered to produce more of a precursor to vitamin D3 when a specific ...

23 May 2022 at 17:54

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Amyloidosis 'Emerging from the Shadows

Speaking at the 'Emerging from the Shadows' conference on Amyloidosis, Professor Julian Gillmore, Head of the National Amyloidosis Centre in London, outlined several new treatments for the disease. Among these was CRISPR/Cas9-base gene editing. ...

28 May 2022 at 20:33

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Amyloidosis 'Emerging from the Shadows

28 May 2022 at 20:33

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28 May 2022 at 20:33

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Gene-editing Bill should not ‘force products on Scotland’, says minister

A Bill that would ease regulations around gene editing in the food sector should not “force products on Scotland”, a minister has said. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill was introduced earlier this month at Westminster ...

11 Jun 2022 at 18:12

Gene-editing offers hope for people with potentially fatal hereditary disorder

A breakthrough gene therapy could offer hope to people with a potentially fatal hereditary condition, new research suggests. A single treatment of a gene-editing therapy has transformed the lives of a group of patients from the UK, ...

31 Jan 2024 at 22:00

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Mairi McAllan: Opening way to gene editing is ‘hurried post-Brexit regulation’

The UK Government is “hurriedly pursuing post-Brexit deregulation” with its Bill on gene-editing in the food sector, Scotland’s Environment Minister has said. Mairi McAllan responded to questions in Holyrood on Tuesday on her ...

21 Jun 2022 at 16:58

£1.65m gene-editing therapy offers hope of cure for some blood disorder patients

A £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use for some NHS patients, offering some with an inherited blood disorder hope of a cure. Campaigners reacted with joy as health officials approved a gene-editing therapy for ...

31 Jan 2025 at 07:34

Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing size, study shows

Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing their size, research suggests. Experts said that most consumers prefer sweeter tomatoes and higher sugar content increases the value of the tomato for the ...

13 Nov 2024 at 16:00

Pig’s liver transplanted to human in world first

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure. The man’s own liver had irreversible scarring caused by a ...

09 Oct 2025 at 05:01

Woman with blood disorder hopes for cure thanks to NHS gene-editing therapy

A woman who has received a breakthrough gene-editing treatment on the NHS is hoping 2026 is the year she will be cured of a major blood disorder. Kavita Mehta, 36, from London, has beta thalassaemia, which ...

01 Jan 2026 at 09:36

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