How heat helps to treat cancer
Research at Bangor University has identified a switch in cells that may help to kill tumors with heat. Prostate cancer and other localized tumors can be effectively treated by a combination of heat and an anti-cancer drug ...
Cancer
Aug 08, 2012 |
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Using millions of years of cell evolution in the fight against cancer
As the medical community continues to make positive strides in personalized cancer therapy, scientists know some dead ends are unavoidable. Drugs that target specific genes in cancerous cells are effective, but not all proteins ...
Genetics
Aug 07, 2012 |
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Method to prevent rejection of disease-fighting proteins described
The body's natural reaction to reject replacement proteins represents a major obstacle to the successful use of gene therapy to cure a range of life-threatening diseases. A novel method that uses the body's ...
Genetics
Aug 07, 2012 |
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Aurka-to-p53 signaling: A link between stem cell regulation and cancer
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the University of Manchester, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new role for an oncogenic signaling pathway in embryonic stem cell (ESC) self-renewal and in reprogramming ...
Medical research
Aug 03, 2012 |
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Microfibers help virus fool the body's immune system
A key challenge in virus-based gene therapy is avoiding detection by the human immune system so that the virus would not be deactivated before it reaches its intended target. Now, researchers at the Institute ...
Medical research
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Gene therapy holds promise for reversing congenital hearing loss
A new gene therapy approach can reverse hearing loss caused by a genetic defect in a mouse model of congenital deafness, according to a preclinical study published by Cell Press in the July 26 issue of the journal Neuron. The fi ...
Neuroscience
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Being cured of HIV is 'wonderful,' US man says
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant said Tuesday he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward a cure. ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 25, 2012 |
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AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts (Update)
Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 24, 2012 |
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European regulator: Gene therapy treatment OK (Update)
(AP) — The European Medicines Agency is recommending the first-ever approval of a gene therapy treatment in the EU, in a significant move for a type of treatment that has so far failed to deliver on its promise to cure ...
Genetics
Jul 20, 2012 |
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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
Jul 15, 2012 |
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New gene transfer strategy shows promise for limb girdle and other muscular dystrophies
The challenge of treating patients with genetic disorders in which a single mutated gene is simply too large to be replaced using traditional gene therapy techniques may soon be a thing of the past. A Nationwide Children's ...
Genetics
Jul 09, 2012 |
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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
Jul 06, 2012 |
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In vitro study identifies potential combination therapy for breast cancer
A study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates an effective combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro. The findings, published in the July 2012 issue of Anticancer Research, raise ...
Cancer
Jul 02, 2012 |
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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
Jul 01, 2012 |
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Transgenic technique to 'eliminate' a specific neural circuit of the brain in primates
Japanese researchers developed a gene transfer technique that can "eliminate" a specific neural circuit in non-human primates for the first time in the world.
Neuroscience
Jun 26, 2012 |
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