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Scientists Prevent Development of Deafness in Animals Engineered to Have Usher Syndrome
February 8, 2013 — Most cases of congenital deafness are due to a mutation in a gene that is required for normal development of the sensory hair cells in the inner ear that are responsible for detecting sound. To cure ... > full story -
Protein Paves the Way for Correct Stem Cell Differentiation
February 7, 2013 — A single embryonic stem cell can develop into more than 200 specialized cell types that make up our body. This maturation process is called differentiation and is tightly regulated. New research has ... > full story -
Type 1 Diabetes Cured in Dogs, Study Suggests
February 7, 2013 — Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to cure diabetes in large animals with a single session of gene therapy. After a single gene therapy session, the dogs recover their ... > full story -
Gene May Help Predict Best Chemotherapy Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
February 5, 2013 — Researchers have identified a gene that may better predict survival for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The scientists conducted a study ... > full story -
Early-Onset Puberty in Females Explained
January 29, 2013 — This research provides significant insight into the reasons why early-onset puberty occurs in females. The researchers located key genes that trigger puberty and highlighted how external forces ... > full story -
Gene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant Melanoma
January 25, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of malignant melanoma: A gene mutation that leads to overactive telomerase, the so-called 'immortality ... > full story -
Light Shed on Complexity of Gene Therapy for Congenital Blindness
January 21, 2013 — Independent clinical trials have reported safety and efficacy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a congenital form of blindness caused by mutations in a gene (RPE65) required for recycling vitamin ... > full story -
Quantum Leap in Gene Therapy of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
January 15, 2013 — For years, scientists have been working to find the key to restoring dystrophin, but they have faced many challenges. After careful evaluation of 22 dogs, researchers found that the new version of ... > full story -
Researchers Identify a New Gene With a Key Role in Obesity and Diabetes
January 10, 2013 — An international team of scientists has identified a gene which regulates fat metabolism and is involved in the onset of obesity and related metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes. The researchers ... > full story -
In Epigenomics, Location Is Everything: Researchers Exploit Gene Position to Test 'Histone Code'
January 3, 2013 — In a novel use of gene knockout technology, researchers tested the same gene inserted into 90 different locations in a yeast chromosome -- and discovered that while the inserted gene never altered ... > full story
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