News tagged with gene therapy
Gene therapy for inherited blindness succeeds in patients' other eye
Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Defects in the packaging of DNA in malignant brain tumors
Glioblastomas grow extremely aggressively into healthy brain tissue and, moreover, are highly resistant to radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Therefore, they are regarded as the most malignant type of brain tumor. Currently ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Gene therapy is a 'disruptive science' ready for commercial development
The time for commercial development of gene therapy has come. Patients with diseases treatable and curable with gene therapy deserve access to the technology, which has demonstrated both its effectiveness ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Researchers develop gene therapy that could correct a common form of blindness
A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the potential to treat a common form of blindness that strikes both youngsters and adults. The technique works by replacing a malfunctioning gene ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Understanding the structure of the TAL effector may be key for targeted gene correction
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have solved the three-dimensional structure of a newly discovered type of gene-targeting protein that has shown to be useful as a DNA-targeting molecule for gene correction, ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Can nerve growth factor gene therapy prevent diabetic heart disease?
Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and can reduce blood supply to the heart tissue and damage cardiac cells, resulting in heart failure. New research has investigated if nerve growth factor (NGF) gene ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Novel immuno-gene therapy shows promise for the treatment of rare, deadly form of cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report promising new results from a small clinical trial using an immune-system-based gene therapy for treating advanced ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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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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Gene therapy helps patients with hemophilia B
(Medical Xpress) -- An experimental gene therapy technique boosted the production of a vital blood clotting factor in six people with hemophilia B, according to new research supported by the National Institutes of Health. ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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New method boosts blood-clotting for hemophiliacs
Symptoms improved significantly in adults with the bleeding disorder hemophilia B following a single treatment with gene therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and demonstrated ...
Dec 11, 2011 |
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The newest of the new in gene therapy: 'Tag and target and exchange'
A combination of two techniques promises to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of experimental gene therapies, while also reducing potential side effects says a new research report published in the December 2011 issue ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Clinical trial for muscular dystrophy demonstrates safety of customized gene therapy
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that it is safe to cut and paste together different viruses in an effort to create the ultimate vehicle for gene therapy. In a phase I clinical trial, ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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The art of stabilizing entangled spaghetti-like materials
Gene therapy can only be effective if delivered by a stable complex molecule. Now, scientists have determined the conditions that would stabilise complex molecular structures that are subject to inherent attractions and repulsions ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Breast cancer type linked to paternal cancer
The risk of breast cancer is increased by genetic and lifestyle factors such as the inherited BRCA2 gene, age of having first child, or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). New research published in BioMed Central's ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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A second 'bad' gene is linked to damaged cell buildup, paralysis in ALS
Following a major Northwestern Medicine breakthrough that identified a common converging point for all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig's disease), a new finding from the same scientists further ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Gene therapy
Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, such as a hereditary disease in which a deleterious mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. Although the technology is still in its infancy, it has been used with some success. Antisense therapy is not strictly a form of gene therapy, but is a genetically-mediated therapy and is often considered together with other methods.
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