Lab mice

Lung Cancer Cure? Gene Therapy Eradicates Tumors in Mice

By Ashik Siddique | Mar 08, 2013 07:19 PM EST

A gene therapy treatment worked as a lung cancer cure in lab mice – can it work in humans?

operator installs a chromatography column to purify the gene therapy drug Glybera

Entering the Age of the $1 Million Medicine

By Ben Hirschler | Jan 03, 2013 10:09 AM EST

The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease that clogs their blood with fat.

Europe Approves High-Price Gene Therapy

By Ben Hirschler | Nov 02, 2012 10:30 AM EDT

European officials have approved the Western world's first gene therapy drug in a milestone for the novel medical technology that fixes faulty genes.

obesity

Gene Therapy Helps Fight Obesity

By Amber Moore | Sep 20, 2012 05:02 PM EDT

Obesity may be treated by regulating the levels of a key hormone in the body, a new study says.

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