Genetics

David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine and his team at nonprofit Every Cure are researching ways to treat rare diseases with pre-existing drugs.

David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine and his team at nonprofit Every Cure are researching ways to treat rare diseases with pre-existing drugs.

Kiran Musunuru of the Perelman School of Medicine expresses doubts over He Jiankui’s lack of gene editing expertise and return to the scientific world.

Sarah Tishkoff of the Perelman School of Medicine says that an American Society of Human Genetics’ apology for past mistakes is overdue and much needed.

A co-authored study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has identified a new genetic pathway involved in regulating sleep from fruit flies to humans.

A study by Michael Levin of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues found that genomic regions associated with height and obesity were linked to high risk of varicose veins.

Bruce Levine of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the latest results of Crispr gene editing in a cancer patient have showcased the best possible clinical outcome thus far.

Nancy Bonini of the School of Arts & Sciences is lauded for her work studying Parkinson’s and other brain diseases by probing fruit fly genes.