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Hamilton O. Smith, Who Made a Biotech Breakthrough, Is Dead at 94

5 December 2025 at 17:38
A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and medicine, like insulin.

ยฉ Marty Katz for The New York Times

Hamilton Smith in 2000. His work essentially handed scientists the power to isolate, analyze and manually move discrete sequences of DNA.

New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases

19 November 2025 at 11:00
Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach could create a standardized method to use for many diseases.

ยฉ Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images

David R. Liu, a biologist at the Broad Institute and Harvard, is the lead author of a new study of a gene-editing strategy that could be standardized for multiple people with rare diseases.

F.D.A. Sharply Limits Use of Drug Linked to Two Teen Deaths

14 November 2025 at 16:03
A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused complications to the liver, prompting a review of its use for younger patients.

ยฉ Brian Snyder/Reuters

The drug Elevidys has been central to the business model of Sarepta Therapeutics, a publicly traded company that is worth about $2 billion.
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