Genetics

Gene therapy for the treatment of Huntington's disease

Gene therapy targeting the messenger RNA (mRNA) of the mutated huntingtin gene (HTT) can provide long-lasting therapeutic benefit in Huntington's disease after a single administration. An adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene ...

Vaccination

WHO approves Novavax vaccine for emergency use against COVID

The World Health Organization has given emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine made by U.S.-based Novavax and the Serum Institute of India, paving the way for its inclusion in the U.N.-backed program to get such vaccines ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New insights into kidney disease using tropical frog models

Using cutting-edge genetic engineering, UZH researchers have developed a model to study hereditary kidney disease with the help of tropical frogs. The method allows them to collect large amounts of data on anomalies, which ...

Cardiology

Regenerating the cells that keep the heart beating

Specialized cells that conduct electricity to keep the heart beating have a previously unrecognized ability to regenerate in the days after birth, a new study in mice by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

We are less skeptical of genetic engineering than assumed

We often hear that Swiss consumers want their agriculture to be free from genetic engineering. But consumer acceptance of genetically modified crops is likely to be higher than the media leads us to believe, Angela Bearth ...

Oncology & Cancer

A new therapeutic vulnerability in pancreatic cancer

Lowering levels of a hormone called PTHrP can prevent metastases and improve survival in mice with pancreatic cancerĀ and could lead to a new way to treat patients, according to a study from cancer researchers at Columbia ...

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