Solving the puzzle of rare diseases through international collaboration

https://horizon.scienceblog.com/1962/solving-the-puzzle-of-rare-diseases-through-international-collaboration/

Study in mice shows potential for gene-editing to tackle mitochondrial disorders

https://scienceblog.com/528142/study-in-mice-shows-potential-for-gene-editing-to-tackle-mitochondrial-disorders/

Gene therapy shows promise as potential cure for sickle cell disease

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20220204/gene-therapy-shows-promise-as-potential-cure-for-sickle-cell-disease?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news&M_BT=6620114329042

Note - it appears to involve insertion of a new gene at random points in the genome. Previous work has shown that this causes s significant risk of any of several types of cancer appearing about 10 years later, due to occasionally inserting the new gene into the middle of a gene that prevents cancer.

Study links gene to cognitive resilience in the elderly

https://scienceblog.com/526426/study-links-gene-to-cognitive-resilience-in-the-elderly/

Simplifying RNA Editing for Treating Genetic Diseases

https://scienceblog.com/528215/simplifying-rna-editing-for-treating-genetic-diseases/

A New Approach to Methylation Clocks

https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2021/09/06/a-new-approach-to-methylation-clocks/

Living descendant of Sitting Bull confirmed by analysis of DNA from the legendary leader's hair

https://scienceblog.com/526283/living-descendant-of-sitting-bull-confirmed-by-analysis-of-dna-from-the-legendary-leaders-hair/


Engineers devise a way to selectively turn on RNA therapies in human cells

https://scienceblog.com/526306/engineers-devise-a-way-to-selectively-turn-on-rna-therapies-in-human-cells

A closer look at genetic and cellular alterations[url] onvolved in COPD

https://scienceblog.com/528242/a-closer-look-at-genetic-and-cellular-alterations-involved-in-copd/


Likely Link Between Mitochrondrial Dysfunction and Age-Dependent Cognitive Disorders

https://scienceblog.com/528250/likely-link-between-mitochondrial-dysfunction-and-age-dependent-cognitive-disorders/

Compound might defeat multidrug-resistant bacteria found in hospitals

https://scienceblog.com/527600/compound-might-defeat-multidrug-resistant-bacteria-found-in-hospitals/

Genes play key role in exercise outcomes

https://scienceblog.com/526027/genes-play-key-role-in-exercise-outcome/

How a hyperactive cell in the brain might trigger Alzheimer's disease

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/01/30/1076166807/how-a-hyperactive-cell-in-the-brain-might-trigger-alzheimers-disease

US woman is third person to achieve sustained HIV remission after stem cell transplant

https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20220215/us-woman-is-third-person-to-achieve-sustained-hiv-remission-after-stem-cell-transplant?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news&M_BT=6620114329042

What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA

https://scienceblog.com/525871/what-makes-us-human-the-answer-may-be-found-in-overlooked-dna/

What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA

'It can be really bad': Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome treatment options remain limited

https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20220215/it-can-be-really-bad-vascular-ehlersdanlos-syndrome-treatment-options-remain-limited?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news&M_BT=6620114329042

New highly virulent HIV variant discovered

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-highly-virulent-hiv-variant-discovered/ss-AATP9FJ?ocid=winp1taskbar

‘Super pest’ Colorado potato beetle has the genetic resources to sidestep our attacks

https://scienceblog.com/528364/super-pest-colorado-potato-beetle-has-the-genetic-resources-to-sidestep-our-attacks/

Neanderthal genes which protected people from smallpox could be the reason some ethnic groups are more at risk from Covid, a new study suggests.
https://news.yahoo.com/neanderthal-gene-could-explain-why-141853876.html

Could gene therapy soon curb muscle loss in the elderly?

https://scienceblog.com/528428/could-gene-therapy-soon-curb-muscle-loss-in-the-elderly/

Faces of ancient mummies revealed via DNA

https://scienceblog.com/525686/faces-of-ancient-mummies-revealed-via-dna/


Zaki syndrome: Researchers Discover Unknown Childhood Genetic Condition and its Potential Cure

https://scienceblog.com/525703/zaki-syndrome-researchers-discover-unknown-childhood-genetic-condition-and-its-potential-cure/