Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic ...

Scientists have jumped on the anti-aging bandwagon, not just to prevent it, but to measure it. Tools that use algorithms to ...

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other ...

Treated with an individualized gene-editing therapy that corrects mutations directly on the genome, a patient shows improvement from a rare metabolic disease.

In a medical first that could revolutionize treatment for thousands of rare genetic diseases, doctors have successfully used ...

City of Hope® Research Spotlight offers a glimpse at groundbreaking scientific and clinical discoveries advancing lifesaving cures for patients with cancer, diabetes and other chronic, ...

A range of other rare inherited diseases are now likely to be curable by similar procedures, the research team said ...

A blood test revealed toxic levels of ammonia building up in KJ’s body, threatening to damage his brain — a sign of an ...

A research team has developed and safely delivered a personalized gene editing therapy to treat an infant with a life-threatening, incurable genetic disease. The infant, who was diagnosed with the ...

A study shows that leukemia cells drink up taurine, which is produced in the body and also consumed through foods and in energy drinks, and use it as fuel for growth. This highlights a potential to ...

A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed and safely delivered a personalized gene ...

Researchers have discovered how cholesterol can disrupt the internal functioning of the heart by accumulating in the ...