MUMBAI: When 20-year-old Gauri R was wheeled into the ICU of a south Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, it was an emergency that was in the making since July, when a...
CHICAGO – Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have used the CRISPR gene editing tool to repair the gene that causes sickle cell disease in stem cells from diseased...
Prajwal Hulluraiah is engrossed in a game on his mother’s mobile phone and wouldn’t look up to talk to you. But that’s where his similarity with any other 11-year-old ends....
According to sources, the cost of treatment would run into thirty-five crore rupees annually, which will be footed by the State Government. Bengaluru: Parents and guardians of patients suffering from...
Developing medicines for rare diseases requires an entirely different mindset, says John Crowley, chairman and CEO of rare disease company Amicus Therapeutics. “Developing drugs in rare diseases is very different...
A teenager who was declared brain-dead following a road accident gave life to a 27-year-old woman suffering from a rare disease as his heart was successfully transplanted in her after...
