American Scientists Try First Gene Editing Inside Of The Body
Scientists in California, for the first time, have tried editing a gene inside of the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person's DNA to try to cure a disease.
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Scientists in California, for the first time, have tried editing a gene inside of the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person's DNA to try to cure a disease.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system, in an unprecedented move to ensure that patients with mental illness take the medicine prescribed for them.
A cure can't come soon enough for Carol White of Dallas. She's already watched the disease take a devastating toll-- both parents were diagnosed with the disease.
New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition.
Bill Gates says he's giving $100 million to help fight Alzheimer's disease.
Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander, a new study suggested, and researchers think that reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason.
This weekend a man from Waxahachie sets out on a unique quest. Scott Schlee is a pancreatic cancer survivor who is coming up on the 5-year anniversary of his diagnosis. But he's decided to use the date as inspiration to give back.
An emotional Elton John celebrated the 25th anniversary of his AIDS foundation in New York, raising about $4.4 million and telling a crowd that they would end AIDS by 2030.
It's not easy being an advocate for the Affordable Care Act right now. The Trump administration has taken numerous steps to undermine the law, and many states are doing little to promote coverage as health insurance open enrollment begins.
For children facing life-threatening illnesses this Halloween, reality faded away. Cook Children's Medical Center was filled with joy and magic to celebrate the spooky holiday.
Scientists are set to do a microscopic study of the Las Vegas gunman's brain. But it likely won't be able to tell what led him to kill 58 people in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, experts said.
It's sign-up season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration isn't making it easy -- cutting the enrollment period in half, slashing advertising and dialing back on counselors who help consumers get through the process.
President Donald Trump is calling for Americans to liberate their communities from the scourge of drug addiction as he declares opioid abuse a national public health emergency.
"This epidemic is a national health emergency," Trump said in a speech at the White House, where he bemoaned a crisis he said had spared no segment of American society.
President Donald Trump will direct his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act.