News tagged with genetic therapy
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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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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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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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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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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Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach cures human genetic disease in vitro
A study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 31, 2009 |
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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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The egg makes sure that sperm don't get too old
In contrast to women, men are fertile throughout life, but research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that a fertilising sperm can get help from the egg to rejuvenate. The result ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Discovery may lead to powerful new therapy for asthma
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks — and that activity of the enzyme, known as aldose reductase, can ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Junk DNA may prove invaluable in quest for gene therapies
Scientists have identified how a protein enables sections of so-called junk DNA to be cut and pasted within genetic code - a finding which could speed development of gene therapies.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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DNA needs a good editor: Researchers unravel the mysteries of DNA packaging
Imagine a huge spool of film containing thousands of sequences of random scenes. Without a talented editor, a screening would have no meaning.
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Simulated gene therapy
In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratory describe the fi ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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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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Animal behavioral studies can mimic human behavior
Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant for human behavior has been unclear. Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have identified ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2010 |
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PTSD: The serotonin system influences vulnerability and treatment
There is a great deal of interest in factors that contribute to the vulnerability to developing post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. One factor that appears to contribute to the heritable vulnerability to PTSD is a variation ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 17, 2010 |
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