News tagged with 'Gene Therapy'

Customizing therapies to individual patients may require a pre-screening of a patient's genes, as researchers looking into targeted colon cancer therapies are reporting.

A newly discovered gene that increases the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s by as much as 77 percent has been discovered. It may also present researchers with a target for therapy.

Gene research is being called a major breakthrough in stopping the leaking blood vessels behind the eye that contribute to macular degeneration and diabetic blindness.