Tag Archives: genetic diseases

A Disease That Rapidly Ages Children Is Getting Closer to a Treatment

A cure for the ultra-rare disease progeria may be on the horizon. The disease accelerates the aging of children and significantly shortens their lives. But until recently, there was no path to a highly effective treatment. Now, among them, Dr. Francis CollinsThe former director of the National Institutes of Health is working on an innovative… Read More »

We Need to Be Ready for Biotech’s “ChatGPT” Moment

Doris Cruz is working on a sample in the laboratories of Ring Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that conducts important research on anelloviruses. Credit – John Tlumacki-Boston Globe via Getty Images IImagine a world where everything from plastic to concrete is produced from biomass. Personalized cell and gene therapies prevent pandemics and treat previously incurable genetic… Read More »