A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

Everything you need to know about agonising sickle cell disease and the ‘revolutionary’ new DNA therapy that's being rolled ...

A gene for the serious back condition, ankylosing spondylitis, has been discovered by British scientists - paving the way for the first test for the disease. The breakthrough, by researchers at ...

The results were published in Cell. "What we have developed is potentially a gene therapy approach for chronic pain," said Roth, who is also a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Since two gene therapies were approved for sickle cell disease in late 2023, only a handful of patients have started the expensive treatments.

Their results were published in Cell. “What we have developed is potentially a gene therapy approach for chronic pain,” said Roth, who is also a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as ...