Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later as a result of ...

Towana Looney has now become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney – and is currently the only living person with ...

Cell and gene therapies are revolutionizing medicine. Looking to 2025, advancements in allogeneic therapies, streamlined ...

‘Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because ...

An Alabama woman who had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant since 2017 just became the third-ever recipient of ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers have identified several specific steps needed for CRISPR to become active and perform its gene editing function. These preclinical ...

where it corrects the sickle cell mutation before the cells are returned to the patient in a bone marrow transplant procedure. “The use of CRISPR gene editing to fix the sickle cell disease ...

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama, has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a ...

Doing CRISPR gene editing while fetuses are in the womb could make it easier to treat inherited conditions, especially those affecting tissues such as the heart or muscles. Kiran Musunuru at the ...