Gene-editing technology CRISPR reached a major milestone this past weekend, completing its first systemic delivery as a medicine to a human body. CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, effectively cuts genomes and slices DNA to treat genetic diseases. The latest breakthrough, the result of a trial between biotech company Regeneron and Boston-based startup […]
Policymakers and health experts have welcomed the WHO’s authorization of the first ever malaria vaccine, which could be rolled out in sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2022. The WHO signed off on wider use of GSK‘s RTS,S malaria vaccine following pilot programs in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, which tracked 800,000 children since 2019. GSK […]
[The stream is slated to start at 4 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to delivers remarks about his administration’s latest efforts to boost coronavirus vaccinations. The new steps come as officials warn of an expected surge in Covid […]
