Genetics
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Synthetic viral vector and surgical technique effectively deliver genetic cargo to inner ear in preclinical study
A synthetic viral vector and a novel surgical approach developed at Mass Eye and Ear has enabled efficient gene transfer into the inner ear of nonhuman primates, a research team working towards the development of effective ...
Mar 15, 2022
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Genetics
Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness
Gene therapy to the inner retina prevented blindness in a mouse model of the neuro-degenerative disorder CLN3 Batten disease. Adeno-associated viral (AAV)-mediated expression of the human CLN3 gene led to significant survival ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Genetics
Genes associated with resilience against brain pathology identified
The pathologies (damage) in the brain that stroke, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions cause in older adults only partially explain the memory loss, reduced reasoning ability and other cognitive impairments ...
Apr 25, 2017
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Genetics
Novel gene therapy experiment offers hope for people with certain hearing loss and dizziness disorder
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and Johns Hopkins University School of ...
Mar 23, 2017
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Genetics
Gene mutation may be linked to unexplained female infertility
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Rice University have uncovered a gene mutation that may provide answers to unexplained female infertility. The study appears in Scientific Reports, ...
Mar 21, 2017
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Medical research
New treatment hope for those affected by muscle loss
New research from the University of Aberdeen has identified the genes responsible for muscle mass
Jan 13, 2020
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Genetics
Gene therapy restores hearing and balance in Usher syndrome
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the CNRS, Collège de France, University Pierre et Marie Curie, and University Clermont Auvergne, have recently restored hearing and balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome ...
Sep 25, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists study the effect of mutations of Alzheimer's disease
A team of neurobiologists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) published an article on their study of the causes of Alzheimer's disease and suggested therapy methods. The scientists believe the ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Genetics
Scientists identify mutations that cause congenital cataracts
New research identifies genetic mutations that cause an inherited form of cataracts in humans. The study, published online June 2 by Cell Press in the American Journal of Genetics, provides new insight into the understanding ...
Jun 2, 2011
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