Can HIV be cured using gene editing? We will soon find out

Andrii Yalanskyi/Shutterstock HIV, the virus that causes Aids, was first identified in 1983. To catch this virus was initially a death sentence, but today, thanks to antiretroviral drugs, it can be kept in check. However, there is still no cure. A small biotech company in San Francisco called Excision BioTherapeuticsContinue Reading

Jeremy Hunt risks condemning Britain to a decade in the doldrums unless he uses this month’s autumn statement to announce a £30bn-a-year investment plan to upgrade public infrastructure, a leading thinktank has warned. The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the chancellor should ignore calls by ToryContinue Reading