News tagged with virus vector

Using plants to silence insect genes in a high-throughput manner

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, are now using a procedure which brings forward ecological research on insects: They study gene functions in moth larvae by manipulating ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Promising target in treating and preventing the progression of heart failure identified

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human and pig hearts and discovered that SUMO1, a so-called "chaperone" ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop new gene therapy for heart failure

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found in a Phase II trial that a gene therapy developed at Mount Sinai stabilized or improved cardiac function in people with severe heart failure. Patients receiving a high ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plant pathologist finding Kansas wheat fields a molecular battleground this season

With harvest in full swing, many farmers have found that the brutal combination of high winds, scorching temperatures and minimal rainfall has left most wheat yields looking less like the good or the bad and more like the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene therapy success depends on ability to advance viral delivery vectors to commercialization

Many gene therapy strategies designed to deliver a normal copy of a gene to cells carrying a disease-causing genetic mutation rely on a modified virus to transfer the gene product into affected tissues. One ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Converting adult somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells using a single virus

A Boston University School of Medicine-led research team has discovered a more efficient way to create induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells, derived from mouse fibroblasts, by using a single virus vector instead of multiple ...

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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0