A Turning Point For Gene Therapy: What One Tragic Event Reveals About The Promise And Peril Of Genetic Medicine

A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...
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Second patient death reported with gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the biotech drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. Sarepta reported the ...
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Science history: A tragic gene therapy death that stalled the field for a decade — Sept. 17, 1999

Twenty-six years ago today, on Sept. 17, a teenager who had received an experimental gene therapy died. His death led to needed changes in the clinical trial process while also spurring skepticism ...
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Gene Therapy Death Worsens Picture for an Already Troubled Field

The death of a patient in a trial of an experimental gene therapy casts new shadows over a technology once seen as the future of the drug industry. Rocket Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based biotech, ...
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Michigan boy's death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy outside of health care facilities

The death of a 5-year-old in a hyperbaric chamber in Michigan has prompted calls for more oversight of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the largely unsupervised wellness industry before another tragedy ...