‘Hereditary’ Review: An Early Contender for the Best Horror Film of 2018 [Sundance]

Much like The Witch, another film distributed by indie powerhouse A24, the feature debut from writer/director Ari Aster (probably best known for his darkly comedic 2011 short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons) leaves open the possibility that you are not watching a horror movie but that you’re, instead, watching a horrific drama. While the […]

FDA OKs first gene therapy for hereditary disease

The FDA has approved a new gene therapy that proves the technique can also be used to treat a variety of diseases other than cancer. According to the agency’s announcement, the therapy called Luxturna can treat biallelic RPE65 mutation-associated retinal dystrophy, a rare eye disease that leads to blindness, in both adults and children. This […]

Gene-editing breakthrough could spell end of hereditary disease

Published time: 3 Aug, 2017 00:18 Scientists could soon stop genetic diseases in humans before they are even born, according to an international research team that has successfully repaired faulty DNA in a live embryo. In the study, teams from Oregon Health and Science University and the Institute of Basic Science in South Korea injected […]