Doctors announced this week that they have treated a newborn baby with a rare genetic disease using the world’s first personalized gene editing therapy. Geoff Bennett discussed the treatment and its ...

KJ Muldoon became the first patient to undergo personalized CRISPR treatment, a therapy that found the one uniquely mutated gene out of 20,000 in his little body, and fixed it.

The goal is to reuse key parts of the treatment and simply swap in a custom set of instructions for each patient's specific gene mutation, doctors say.

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other ...

In a clip on TikTok, Joseph is standing in a grey suit at his older sister's wedding when he suddenly spots his other sister who is secretly filming him. His face immediately lights up with a ...

New data shows that more people are identifying as neurodivergent—especially in Gen Z. But stigma toward workplace accommodations may also be rising. While estimates of the percentage of ...

Ever wonder why neurodivergent people respond so differently to harm—even within the community? Here's a framework for ...

Hopkins neuroscientist Richard Huganir is close to finding a potential life-changing treatment for kids with SYNGAP1-related ...

Genes can bring surprises: some people get expressive eyes, while others have an innate flexibility or asymmetry that is not ...