KJ es el nombre del primer paciente en recibir un tratamiento experimental basado en edición genética CRISPR, un tipo de tecnología para modificar el ADN en células vivas. Este hallazgo es un paso más para el desarrollo de terapias personalizadas con el objetivo de ayudar a pacientes que han nacido con alguna enfermedad rara.

Gene-editing breakthrough has potential to treat array of devastating genetic diseases soon after birth, scientists say Doctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a customised gene-editing therapy after diagnosing the child with a severe genetic disorder that kills about half of those affected in early infancy. International researchers have hailed the feat as a medical milestone, saying it demonstrated the potential for treating an array of devastating genetic diseases by rewriting faulty DNA soon after affected children are born. Continue reading...

Spermatogenesis is the biological process by which male sperm cells (spermatozoa) are produced in the testes. Beyond facilitating the transmission of genetic information, spermatogenesis also provides...