News tagged with experimental gene therapy


Repairing articular cartilage defects with an injectable gel engineered with gene modified BMSCs

Researchers at Micro Orthopaedics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, led by Dr. Ai-xi Yu, have suggested that articular cartilage defects can be repaired by a novel thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogel engineered with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

GMO in sport: Genetically Modified Olympians?

As athletes get ready to smash Olympic records in London, scientists are in a high-stakes race of their own to develop a test that will unmask anyone altering their genes in a desperate quest for gold.

Other created Jul 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An economical, effective and biocompatible gene therapy strategy promotes cardiac repair

Dr Changfa Guo, Professor Chunsheng Wang and their co-investigators from Zhongshan hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China have established a novel hyperbranched poly(amidoamine) (hPAMAM) nanoparticle based hypoxia regulated ...

Medical research created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists develop alternative to gene therapy: The technique points to safer, simpler potential HIV treatment

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a surprisingly simple and safe method to disrupt specific genes within cells. The scientists highlighted the medical potential of the new technique by demonstrating ...

Medical research created Jul 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists unravel role of fusion gene in prostate cancer

Up to half of all prostate cancer cells have a chromosomal rearrangement that results in a new "fusion" gene and formation of its unique protein -- but no one has known how that alteration promotes cancer growth. Now, Weill ...

Cancer created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team announces breakthrough for degenerative vision disorder

A research team, led by John Guy, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has pioneered a novel technological treatment for Leber Hereditary Optic ...

Ophthalmology created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell-specific mechanism-based gene therapy approach to treat retinitis pigmentosa

In a paper published in the October 2011 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center led by Stephen Tsang, MD, Ph.D have achieved temporary functional preservation of pho ...

Medical research created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0