'Epigenetic' editing banishes hepatitis B virus(nature.com)
12 points by sbulaev | 0 comments
Nature news article on an epigenetic editing technique that uses chemical tags to silence hepatitis B viral DNA hidden in the host genome.
#gene-therapy on Hacker News
7 stories tagged gene-therapy, newest first.
Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died.(science.org)
322 points by Shortness8 | 184 comments
Science magazine article reporting on a girl's undisclosed death in a Chinese gene-editing trial whose parents paid over $800k; page shows a Cloudflare check.
Huntington's disease treated for first time(bbc.com)
672 points by _zie | 115 comments
BBC News article reporting that Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time, by health and science correspondent James Gallagher.
Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients(news.ki.se)
336 points by justacrow | 80 comments
Karolinska Institutet news article reporting that a gene therapy restored hearing in patients with congenital deafness.
Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited deafness(cosmosmagazine.com)
473 points by keploy | 194 comments
Cosmos Magazine article reporting that a gene therapy restored hearing in children born with inherited deafness.
Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial(independent.co.uk)
597 points by belter | 276 comments
Independent news article reporting that 18-month-old Opal Sandy, born deaf from auditory neuropathy, had her hearing restored in a world-first gene therapy trial.
Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear(nytimes.com)
426 points by mikhael | 211 comments
New York Times article about a gene therapy that enabled an 11-year-old boy with congenital deafness to hear for the first time.