Scientists at Georgia State University have used CRISPR gene editing to restore an ancient enzyme humans lost millions of years ago potentially reversing the buildup of uric acid that causes gout.

Gout, a curable arthritis, now aims for long-term remission over flare control. Professors Towiwat and Li's review in the ...

By reactivating a long-lost gene, researchers were able to lower uric acid levels and stop damaging fat accumulation in human ...

Gout could be treated by an ancient gene that humans lost millions of years ago, suggests new research. A form of arthritis caused by crystals that build up in joints and cause swelling and pain, gout ...

The dietary causes of gout have been demystified by US scientists who have confirmed in the New England Journal of Medicine that a diet rich in meat and seafood are the main culprits for the age old ...

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Scientists identify a new molecular model and potential therapeutic target for gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Many Americans think of gout as a disease from a bygone era, akin ...

Hello Dr Briffa I hope you can help me. I suffer from the painful condition gout and I just don't seem to be able to get rid of it.