Genetics
The gene therapy revolution is here
Gene therapy—for so long something that belonged to the future—has just hit the streets.
Jun 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A new method to select the right treatment for advanced prostate cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified blood-based biomarkers that may determine which patients will benefit from continued hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer. The results are published ...
May 3, 2019
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Genetics
Gene therapy with implanted LED device automatically corrects heart rhythm disorder
Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, have found a way to reset a racing heart immediately and automatically with an implanted LED device. In the ...
Feb 28, 2019
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Genetics
Gene therapy blocks peripheral nerve damage in mice
Nerve axons serve as the wiring of the nervous system, sending electrical signals that control movement and sense of touch. When axons are damaged, whether by injury or as a side effect of certain drugs, a program is triggered ...
Jan 17, 2019
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Genetics
Gene therapies only work for some people – so how do we fix this?
Growing up in Devon in the 1980s, brothers James and Matt (names have been changed) had to be careful with their antics – a cut or bruise could land them in hospital.
Jan 15, 2019
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Genetics
Making gene therapy delivery safer and more efficient
Viral vectors used to deliver gene therapies undergo spontaneous changes during manufacturing which affects their structure and function, found researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Oct 18, 2018
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Genetics
Gene therapy breakthrough in treating rare form of blindness
Positive results of the world's first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia have been reported in Nature Medicine.
Oct 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
Reducing mutant Huntington disease protein can restore cognitive function in mice
New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that reducing mutated Huntington disease protein in the brain can restore cognitive and psychiatric impairments in mice.
Oct 3, 2018
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Genetics
Investigational genome editing therapy in clinical trial for Hunter syndrome
This week, a 40-year-old patient was treated at UNC's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) with SB-913, an investigational genome editing therapy for individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), a ...
Mar 22, 2018
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Genetics
Massachusetts Eye and Ear performs first FDA-approved gene therapy procedure for inherited disease
Massachusetts Eye and Ear made medical history on Tuesday by performing the first post-FDA approval gene therapy for patients with a form of inherited blindness. The occasion marks the beginning of a new era in medicine, ...
Mar 20, 2018
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