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Cancer-Targeting Virus Delivered by IV Is Successful in Treating Advanced Cancers, Research Finds
May 24, 2010 — Intravenous delivery of a cancer-targeting virus is successful in destroying cancer cells that have spread throughout the body, according to new ... > full story -
Gene Therapy May Be Effective in Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
May 19, 2010 — Gene therapy has been shown to have positive effects in rat models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to researchers at the University of Adelaide in ... > full story -
Potential Therapeutic Target for Colon Cancer
May 7, 2010 — A research team from China investigated the association between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) gene polymorphism 34 C>G and colorectal cancer (CRC) through a ... > full story -
Mechanism Elucidated for a Rare Disease: Friedreich's Ataxia
May 4, 2010 — Scientists have dissected one of the molecular mechanisms underlying Friedreich’s ataxia. In doing so, they have shed new light on the pathogenic mechanism of the disease. These findings could ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Sets Stage for New Treatments for Inherited Blindness
April 29, 2010 — Veterinary vision scientists have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the retina called rods, a critical first step in developing gene therapies for ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Cures Canines of Inherited Form of Day Blindness
April 21, 2010 — Veterinary ophthalmology researchers have used gene therapy to restore retinal cone function and day vision in two canine models of congenital achromatopsia, also called rod monochromacy or total ... > full story -
New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified
April 21, 2010 — Medical researchers report evidence unambiguously implicating the gene RAD51C in susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. This gene normally plays a role in DNA repair. By screening RAD51C in ... > full story -
Leber Congenital Amaurosis: Gene Therapy for Blindness Works Only When Specific Mutation Present
April 6, 2010 — Leber congenital amaurosis is a congenital retinal dystrophy present in approximately 1 of 80,000 births. Recently, there has been progress in gene therapy for this condition. In a recent study, ... > full story -
Toward Making the Blind See: Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Mice
March 31, 2010 — Scientists made a huge step toward making the blind see, and they did it by using a form of gene therapy that does not involve the use of modified viruses. Scientists used a non-viral, synthetic ... > full story -
Will Genetics Ever Have the Promised Impact on Medical Practice?
March 30, 2010 — Since the discovery of gene sequencing in the late 1970s, it was predicted that genetics would revolutionize medicine and provide answers to the causes of many of our common killers. But has genetic ... > full story
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