6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (615+ words) Diabetic wounds have long been among the most stubborn challenges in clinical medicine. High blood sugar, poor circulation, and a chronically inflamed microenvironment conspire to stall the normal repair process, turning minor injuries into chronic ulcers that can persist for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (511+ words) The death of a 6-year-old girl allegedly linked to an experimental gene-editing clinical trial in Shanghai has sparked widespread concern over the safety and ethical oversight of medical research involving human beings. The girl had Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome, a rare…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (364+ words) A six-year-old girl has died following an experimental genome editing treatment, prompting an investigation into the clinical trial by the university involved. The trial was led by neuroscientist Dr Zilong Qiu, and is the first known use of a genome…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (182+ words) From frogs and sheep to monkeys and endangered species, each milestone has raised new scientific possibilities—and difficult questions about what should come next. Cloning is the process of creating an exact copy of an object using genetic material. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (545+ words) Beijing. A top Chinese medical university is investigating the death of a young woman in an experimental gene-editing trial conducted by a leading expert at its affiliated hospital, raising serious concerns about ethics in China's burgeoning biomedical industry. Shanghai Jiao…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (391+ words) The study, published in Nature, uses base editing (see BioNews 848, 924, 1035 and 1285) to investigate the role of the gene NANOG in the earliest stages of human development. Named after Tír na nÓg, the mythical Celtic 'Land of the Young', NANOG was…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (352+ words) In our recent study published in Nature, my colleagues and I make use of novel genome editing techniques to better understand human embryology (see BioNews 1345 and 1349). There has already been speculation about the future applications of this work, but any…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (530+ words) During a gene editing clinical trial conducted in China, a six-year-old patient died. The research team concealed the death and went on to publish a paper in a world‑leading journal, triggering a storm over research ethics. According to a…...