Doctors will have to monitor the boy for years to ensure the experimental treatment is effective long-term. But for now, it's a godsend.

Doctors announced this week that they have treated a newborn baby with a rare genetic disease using the world’s first personalized gene editing therapy. Geoff Bennett discussed the treatment and its ...

Though it may be a while before similar personalized treatments are available for others, doctors hope the technology can ...

A Massachusetts man is charged with assaulting a pregnant woman in Roxbury, leaving her unable to carry her child to term and possibly causing brain damage to the baby.

After 3 doses of tailor-made treatment, an infant with a rare, life-threatening urea cycle disorder is thriving ...

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An infant with a rare urea cycle disorder became the first patient to receive a personalized gene-editing therapy. His care ...

An Indian-origin cardiologist, Kiran Musunuru, played a key role in a groundbreaking medical milestone, helping treat a ...

Just days after Lydia Dutcher gave birth to her son Theo, she learned she had a tumor in her placenta and was diagnosed with ...

News broke yesterday that researchers in Philadelphia appear to have successfully treated a 6-month-old baby boy, called KJ, ...