News tagged with gene delivery
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Let's do the twist: Spiral proteins are efficient gene delivery agents
Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Neutrons answer shampoo formulation puzzle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin have used neutrons to solve a long-standing mystery about the surface properties of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, such as those used in many ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Making viruses pass for 'safe'
Viruses can penetrate every part of the body, making them potentially good tools for gene therapy or drug delivery. But with our immune system primed to seek and destroy these foreign invaders, delivering therapies with viruses ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Simpler way of making proteins could lead to new nanomedicine agents
Researchers have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together. Such structures could have applications ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Researchers find faster way to produce efficient nano-vehicles for gene delivery
(PhysOrg.com) -- New stamp-sized microchip enables faster production of low-cost, highly efficient nano-vehicles for gene-delivery.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2010 |
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New gene therapy proves effective in treating severe heart failure
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new gene therapy that is safe and effective in reversing advanced heart failure. SERCA2a (produced as MYDICAR) is a gene therapy designed to stimulate production ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Gene therapy may be effective in treating PAH
Gene therapy has been shown to have positive effects in rat models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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Researchers develop new tool for gene delivery
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have developed a new tool for gene therapy that significantly increases gene delivery to cells in the retina ...
Jan 27, 2010 |
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No-entry zones for AIDS virus
The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now shown for the first time that the virus almost entirely spares particular ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Treatment to improve degenerating muscle gains strength
A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disord ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Gene therapy repairs injured human donor lungs for the first time
For the first time, scientists in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network have successfully used gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them potentially suitable ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Nanotech researchers develop artificial pore
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Nanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of cancer as well as a large number of other diseases. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and safely has been ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 25, 2009 |
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A flash of light turns graphene into a biosensor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers suspect graphene, a novel nanomaterial made of sheets of single carbon atoms, would be useful in a variety of applications. But no one had studied the interaction between ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Promise of nanodiamonds for safer gene therapy
Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of a myriad of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among many others. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 01, 2009 |
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