Genetics

3D genome architecture influences SCID-X1 gene therapy success

Patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disorder (SCID-X1), sometimes called "bubble boy disease," are born with a defective gene that prevents them from producing immune cells. Gene therapy from St. Jude ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Deadly dust: Engineered stone is making California workers sick

Workers making artificial-stone slabs for the most popular type of countertops sold in the United States are developing a potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease from tiny particles of toxic dust, researchers from UC ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nasal vaccine against coronavirus further improved

After having successfully tested a mucosal vaccine against coronavirus in animals just months ago, Berlin scientists have now further developed their live SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have ...

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