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Adding a genetic supertool: Genome Analyzer fuels research dreams and tomorrow's cures
Dec 22, 2009 |
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To identify the hemophilia mutation that affected Queen Victoria and her European relatives, scientific detectives used a cutting-edge "deep sequencing tool." Able to trace rare genetic disease mutations, the tool can turn ...
Research highlights need to address hemophilia in developing world
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved. But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research ...
Induced pluripotent stem cells repair heart, study shows
Jul 20, 2009 |
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In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat heart disease. iPS cells are stem cells converted from adult cells. In this study, the ...
Technique may help stem cells generate solid organs
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Stem cells can thrive in segments of well-vascularized tissue temporarily removed from laboratory animals, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Once the cells have nestled into the tissue's nooks ...
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Jumping genes discovery 'challenges current assumptions'
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Jumping genes do most of their jumping, not during the development of sperm and egg cells, but during the development of the embryo itself. The research, published this month in Genes and Development, "challenges standard assump ...
Gene therapy technique thwarts cancer by cutting off tumor blood supply
Jun 12, 2009 |
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University of Florida researchers have come up with a new gene therapy method to disrupt cancer growth by using a synthetic protein to induce blood clotting that cuts off a tumor's blood and nutrient supply.
Gene therapy demonstrates benefit in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers have reported the first clinical evidence that gene therapy reduces symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, an important milestone for this promising treatment which has endured a sometimes turbulent past. ...
Premature babies have altered sensory responses in later life
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Premature infants who need intensive care or surgery are less sensitive to thermal (hot and cold) sensations later in life, according to research conducted at UCL (University College London). The study, published in the journal ...
Redesigned protein accelerates blood clotting
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Researchers have made several, subtle changes in the structure of a key protein, dramatically increasing its ability to drive blood clotting, according to a study published in a December edition of the Journal of Thrombosis an ...
Mapping a clan of mobile selfish genes
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Oct 22, 2008 |
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Much of human DNA is the genetic equivalent of e-mail spam: short repeated sequences that have no obvious function other than making more of themselves.
New research may help to design better gene therapy vectors
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Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by scientists from the University of Reading may offer an insight into ways of making safer and more specific gene therapy vectors. The research, published in the journal Nature Structural an ...
Researchers develop improved gene therapy agent
May 19, 2008 |
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Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as ...
Skin flaps deliver cancer-fighting therapy, ASPS study reveals
May 08, 2008 |
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Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduction in tumor volume, according to a study in the May issue of Plastic ...
New stem cell technique improves genetic alteration
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Mar 07, 2008 |
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UC Irvine researchers have discovered a dramatically improved method for genetically manipulating human embryonic stem cells, making it easier for scientists to study and potentially treat thousands of disorders ranging from ...
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