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The FDA's draft guidance on individualized human genome editing products, issued on 27 October 2026, proposes a pathway that could allow a single biologics lice...
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In the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, host Patrick Short speaks with Dr. Sekar (Sek) Kathiresan, CEO of Verve Therapeutics and SVP, Head of Obesity Res...
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New findings presented at ASHG 2026 show how population genomic screening is identifying genetic risk at scale and changing preventive care. For sponsors develo...
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In the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick Short is joined by Dr. Luke Pilling, Senior Lecturer in Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Exeter....
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Beam Therapeutics' early clinical results highlight the promise of mutation-specific therapies. But as treatments become more genetically targeted, they also ra...
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In the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, host Patrick Short speaks with Dr. James Zou, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford Universi...
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An FDA notice seeking public input is under review at the Office of Management and Budget, according to a Citeline report on October 12, 2026. The notice sugges...
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Genetic medicines are changing who cardiovascular trials need to find. Eligibility is increasingly defined by a genotype or a biomarker level, and the people wh...
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On September 28, 2026, the FDA approved Emcitate (tiratricol) to treat peripheral thyrotoxicosis in patients with MCT8 deficiency, also known as Allan-Herndon-D...
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Danon disease is X-linked, and much of the research to date has focused on males. In the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Jenny Hsie...
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