Professor Dave Explains
Biotechnology: Genetic Modification, Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond
In this biology playlist, we've learned so much about DNA and living organisms! Well, so has mankind over the past century, and oh, what we have done with this knowledge! It's pretty incredible when you stop and think about it. Let's go...
Professor Dave Explains
Gene Therapy
When we looked at some areas of biotechnology earlier in the series, we briefly touched on gene therapy, without saying much about what it is. Now we are ready to dive into this topic and see what it is all about. If a person has a...
Curated Video
FDA Advisers Reviewed a Sickle Cell Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration says there’s an unmet need for help for patients suffering from severe sickle cell anemia. A new drug that uses gene editing could solve that.
Curated Video
Breakthrough Sickle Cell Treatments Come with Health Risks
The Food and Drug Administration has approved two gene-editing treatments for patients 12 and older suffering from severe sickle cell disease, but they come with health risks doctors want patients to know about.
Press Association
Interview with Professor Manohar Bance on gene therepy child that let a baby born deaf hear
Interview with Professor Manohar Bance on a gene therapy trial where a baby girl who was born deaf, can now hear unaided for the first time.
Bloomberg
How Will We Pay For Miracle Cures?
Gene therapies are considered miracle cures, but their exorbitant costs, which could exceed $12 billion, might hinder access for those in need. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lisa Jarvis highlights how two gene therapies awaiting FDA...
Curated Video
2nd man has gene editing
LEAD IN:
A second patient has been treated in an historic gene editing study in California.
And no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man's treatment nearly three months ago,...
Curated Video
2nd man has gene editing
LEAD IN:
A second patient has been treated in an historic gene editing study in California.
And no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man's treatment nearly three months ago,...
Getty Images
CU View of Bacteriophage virus / Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom
CU View of Bacteriophage virus / Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom
Curated Video
CRISPR Cure For Sickle Cell May Be Slowed By Black Patients' Mistrust
CRISPR may be a cure, but clinical trials may lack volunteers because of black patients' mistrust of biased and unethical medical practices.
Curated Video
The death of a 36-year-old Illinois woman is raising concerns about gene therapy research. Jolee Mohr died three weeks after being injected with trillions of genetically engineered viruses in a voluntary experiment.
HEADLINE: Death raises questions about gene therapy
CAPTION: The death of a 36-year-old Illinois woman is raising concerns about gene therapy research. Jolee Mohr died three weeks after being injected with trillions of genetically...
Bloomberg
Novartis CEO Says First Quarter Was 'All About Transformation'
Apr.24 -- Novartis AG Chief Executive Officer Vasant Narasimhan talks about the Swiss drugmaker's financial results, its business strategy and outlook. Novartis raised its profit estimate for the year after its adjusted earnings per...
Curated Video
Early results of human gene editing study encouraging
Upsound: "We've had some wild times and some tough times right?"
Curated Video
Early results of human gene editing study encouraging
Upsound: "We've had some wild times and some tough times right?"
California Academy of Science
Therapy for Color Blindness
Could a virus be the key to reversing color blindness in humans? Some researchers believe so, and have even tested it out on monkeys. Learn more about the experiment and its effects in a short video that could accompany a lesson on gene...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alzheimer's Disease
This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "Genetic Medicine: Tinkering with Our Genes" explores the potential for gene therapy to cure diseases like Alzheimer's. [2 min, 48 sec]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gene Therapy
This lesson discusses the concept of gene therapy and examines how it can be used to treat various genetic diseases and disorders. [17:46]
Amoeba Sisters
Amoeba Sisters: Viruses
Did you know that a virus needs host to be able to reproduce itself? In this video learn the characteristics of viruses including the structure of the virus, how it reproduces, and some examples. [7:37]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gene Therapy: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the concept of gene therapy and examine how it can be used by the medical industry to treat various diseases and disorders. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Gene Therapy."
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Gene Therapy for Color Blindness
Gene therapy has proven to cure color blindness in squirrel monkeys. Can the same process work for humans? [1:15]