A sperm donor whose samples helped conceive nearly 200 children across Europe unknowingly carried a cancer-causing genetic mutation — a hidden risk now tied to multiple childhood illnesses and early ...

When two homozygous plant lines with different characteristics are crossed, the resulting offspring are often more robust and productive than their parents. This phenomenon is called heterosis. It can ...

Because only part of the man's sperm carried the mutation, only the second round of genetic testing revealed the problem. By then, it was already too late. Reading time 3 minutes A man who donated ...

A single-dose gene replacement therapy is found to improve movement ability in children over 2 years of age and teenagers with spinal muscular atrophy, according to research published in Nature ...

Kids aren’t born with a generosity gene. But in order to grow up with a healthy attitude toward saving, spending and investing money, they also need to develop charitable instincts. Whether it’s ...

On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Novartis AG’s (NYSE: NVS) Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-brve) for children two years and older, teens, and adults with spinal ...

Scientists have discovered that a “longevity gene” found in people who live beyond 100 can reverse heart aging in models of Progeria, a devastating disease that causes children to age rapidly. By ...

Late actor Gene Hackman’s personal art collection, along with annotated pieces of cinematic memorabilia and three of his Golden Globes, is set to be auctioned off in three waves this November. In ...

"I didn't want to lie to my son, but I didn't know how to tell him something that was going to break his heart," Wu said. "He knows that I have an important responsibility, but at the same time, he ...

A one-time gene therapy using a patient’s own stem cells has effectively cured a deadly immune disorder in 95% of treated children, offering a lasting, donor-free solution to ADA-SCID, known as the ...

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also started having runny stool, prompting a visit to her pediatrician. Eliana didn’t have ...

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