News tagged with genetic therapy
Scientists copy the ways viruses deliver genes
Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have mimicked the ways viruses infect human cells and deliver their genetic material. The research hopes to apply the approach to gene therapy – a ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Genome editing, a next step in genetic therapy, corrects hemophilia in animals
Using an innovative gene therapy technique called genome editing that hones in on the precise location of mutated DNA, scientists have treated the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in mice. This is the first time that genome ...
Jun 26, 2011 |
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Singapore scientists discover how to control fate of stem cells
Scientists from the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), in collaboration with the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI), have discovered how ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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New research finds protein that protects cancer cells from chemo and radiation therapy
Research led by Daitoku Sakamuro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has identified a protein that enables the activation of a DNA-repair ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Researcher creates patented personalized therapy that causes cancer cells to kill themselves
A Wayne State University School of Medicine physician-researcher has developed a personalized therapy to treat a wide range of cancers. The treatment is based on a naturally occurring human enzyme that has been genetically ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Scientists discover that self-eating cells safeguard against cancer
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery concerning how fledgling cancer cells self-destruct, which has the potential of impacting on future cancer therapies. The Trinity research group, led ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Breast cancer screening with MRI benefits women with radiation therapy history
Breast cancer screening with MRI can detect invasive cancers missed on mammography in women who've undergone chest irradiation for other diseases, according to a new study published online and in the April print edition of ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Engineered version of HIV is used to cure genetic blood disorder
For the second time, researchers have used the HIV virus in gene therapy to cure a severe genetic disease, this time the blood disorder beta-thalassemia, which causes life-threatening anemia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Gene discovery could yield treatments for nearsightedness
Myopia (nearsightedness) is the most common eye disorder in the world and becoming more common, yet little is known about its genetic underpinnings.
Sep 12, 2010 |
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Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 01, 2010 |
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UBC researchers unveil 'toolbox of MiniPromoters' for gene research and therapy
University of British Columbia researchers have led the development of a new "toolbox of MiniPromoters" for research and future therapies on brain, spinal cord and eye function.
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Promising results of gene therapy to treat diseases of the eye
The easy accessibility of the eye and the established link between specific genetic defects and ocular disorders offer hope for using gene therapy to provide long-term therapeutic benefit. Two reports in the current issue ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 14, 2010 |
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New recommendations issued for use of cetuximab in colon cancer therapy
In a report published in the July 2010 issue of the American Society for Clinical Oncology Post, new recommendations on the use of the drug cetuximab have been issued after officials halted enrollment in a phase III clinic ...
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Scientists design new delivery device for gene therapy
Scientists have designed a nanoparticle that appears to effectively deliver genetic material into cells with minimal toxic effects.
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Gene therapy a step closer to mass production
EU project has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells. These new agents, derivatives of cationic amphiphilic 1,4-dihydropyridine ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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