While stem cell therapy has been used to successfully generate and repair tissues that have been damaged due to certain conditions and diseases, such as leukemia, it is far from a cure-all.
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An international study group led by researchers of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified how three novel genes cause neurodevelopmental disorders. Researchers now have a better sense of the genes' roles ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children. Treatment involves intensive chemotherapy, which has severe side effects due to its non-specific mode of action.
Nov 20, 2023
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Medical research has shown promising results regarding the potential of gene therapy to cure genetic conditions such as sickle cell disease and the findings of this study, published in Nature Medicine, offer important new ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.
Nov 16, 2023
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Pancreatic cancer is not just one disease, but that's the way it is currently treated. New work from Tannishtha Reya's lab could help pave the way for a change. The research is published in the journal Cancer Cell.
Nov 6, 2023
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Researchers have genetically engineered the first mice that get a human-like form of COVID-19, according to a study published online November 1 in Nature.
Nov 1, 2023
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Patients with sickle cell disease may soon have two new treatments to try.
Oct 30, 2023
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In experiments of unprecedented scale, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have revealed new aspects of the complex genetics behind type 2 diabetes. Through these discoveries, and ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Artificial intelligence has exploded in popularity and is being harnessed by some scientists to predict which molecules could treat illnesses, or to quickly screen existing medicines for new applications.
Oct 18, 2023
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