Biotechnology Gene therapy could make cancer care more unequal, and this map shows why Revolutionary new cancer treatments won’t be available in many rural areas of the U.S. by Emily Mullin 2018-01-12T13:57:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Even at $500K, Gene Therapy Could Be a Bargain for Some Diseases A one-time gene therapy that costs half a million dollars sounds crazy until you add up what it costs to treat some diseases over a lifetime. by Emily Mullin 2017-09-21T06:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Patient Death Won’t Slow Research on “Off-the-Shelf” Immune Cells to Treat Cancer The approach could treat patients in dire need faster at a lower price, but questions remain about safety. by Emily Mullin 2017-09-08T13:33:00-04:00
Biotechnology FDA Approves Groundbreaking Gene Therapy for Cancer The treatment will be sold by Novartis for $475,000. by Emily Mullin 2017-08-30T13:54:00-04:00
Biotechnology Is This the Anti-Aging Pill We’ve All Been Waiting For? A drug derived from an Easter Island bacterium extends the life of lab animals. People could be next. by Antonio Regalado 2017-03-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Immune Engineering Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients. That may be just the start. by Antonio Regalado 2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Big Pharma Doubles Down on CRISPR for New Drugs A joint venture between Bayer and CRISPR Therapeutics is the latest effort to make CRISPR drugs that could target and modify cells inside the body. by Mike Orcutt 2016-01-13T00:00:00-05:00
Biotechnology Biotech’s Coming Cancer Cure Supercharge your immune cells to defeat cancer? Juno Therapeutics believes its treatments can do exactly that. by Antonio Regalado 2015-06-18T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Race for a Smart Contact Lens Gets New Entry from a Thiel Dropout With fresh funding from the Thiel Foundation, startup Medella is going up against Google and Microsoft to build a smart contact lens. by Caleb Garling 2015-06-05T13:40:00-04:00
Rewriting Life What Else Could Smart Contact Lenses Do? Besides health tracking, contact lens technology under development could enable drug delivery, night vision, and augmented reality. by Suzanne Jacobs 2014-07-22T17:10:00-04:00