Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis could become the first degenerative disease to be treated through the science of aging.
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In a new paper, University of California, Irvine researchers explain how precision genome editing agents have enabled precise gene correction and disease rescue in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). The study, titled, "Precision ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a tool that can find safe places to introduce genes into human DNA. The tool is an early step in the process to improve the safety and efficacy of gene and ...
Sep 22, 2022
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The oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive type of leukemia, but its exact function has been a mystery. A research team led by scientists from Vienna now showed that EVI1's cancer causing effect relies on activating a single ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of rare pediatric tumor. For more than 40 years there have not been any new developments regarding treatment. Research led by Prof. Dr. Anton Henssen at Charité University Berlin has now ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Blocking the inhibition of PKD1 and PKD2 gene expression by deleting a binding site for microRNAs hindered the formation and growth of kidney cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) models, UT Southwestern ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a gene therapy that rescues cilia defects in retinal cells affected by a type of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a disease that causes blindness in early ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed an investigational therapy using support cells and a protective protein that can be delivered past the blood-brain barrier. This combined stem cell and gene therapy can potentially ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Gene therapy has partly restored the function of the retina's cone receptors in two children who were born completely color blind, reports a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Aug 23, 2022
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Researchers around the world have been working for years on developing vaccines against different types of cancer, but without much success. Now, Tufts School of Engineering researchers think they have found one that does ...
Aug 16, 2022
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