Data don’t support many direct-to-consumer products, from telomere assessments to bespoke diets based on genetic sequences.

The medicine increases the activity of a deficient enzyme in certain patients with the condition.

Alnylam’s patisiran interferes with the production of a mutated protein present in people with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.

If the UK leaves the EU in March without a deal, transport of insulin and other essential drugs could be delayed.

Changsheng is found to have forged records for a rabies vaccine and is accused of distributing thousands of substandard DPT immunizations to be used in children.

In a clinical trial, patients on the highest injected dose had 30 percent less cognitive decline over time than people on a placebo.

The European Court of Justice has decided that organisms made with precision techniques such as CRISPR will be subject to the same rules as transgenic plants or animals.

Genetics pioneer Craig Venter is not named as a defendant, but the company he founded alleges that he stole trade secrets.

Compared to other drugs, therapeutics given breakthrough status receive FDA approval on the basis of weaker trial evidence, a study finds.