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Silence Of The Genes: Researchers Provide Unique View Of Inherited Disorders And Cancer
May 31, 2004 Dispelling the belief that the only way to treat such conditions is by fixing or replacing damaged genes, researchers from the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center are instead focusing on the field ... > full story -
Engineered Virus Provides Impetus In Search For HIV Vaccine
April 14, 2004 A hybrid gene therapy vector that contains components of two viruses could provide a vehicle for producing a vaccine against a host of diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus, said ... > full story -
Biosensor-Regulated Gene Therapy Reduces Heart Attack Damage In Mice
April 7, 2004 A novel gene therapy that responds specifically to oxygen-starved heart muscle may protect against further injury following a heart attack, a study by University of South Florida cardiovascular ... > full story -
Stress Gene Found In Plants
February 27, 2004 A single gene has been discovered that helps plants cope with stressful situations such as disease or poor environments – according to a report published in Nature, 26 February ... > full story -
Study May Improve Gene Therapy Safety
February 24, 2004 New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may hold keys to improving the safety of human gene ... > full story -
Steroid-Coated DNA Represents New Approach To Gene Delivery
February 12, 2004 Coating DNA with a topical steroid might make for more effective therapeutic gene delivery, according to bioengineers at the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers have shown that a common ... > full story -
One Dose Of 'Designer' Gene Therapy May Target Specific Body Area
January 20, 2004 Doctors may soon be able to inject gene therapy intravenously that travels to a specific part of the body, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ... > full story -
The Common Cold As Cancer Fighter? Saint Louis University Prof's Lifetime Work Moving Into Clinical Trials
December 17, 2003 Can the common cold ever be a good thing? It is if you've figured out a way to genetically engineer the virus so that it fights and kills cancerous cells - while leaving healthy cells ... > full story -
Ohio State Creates First Gene Chip For Horse
December 16, 2003 Researchers at Ohio State University have created the first DNA gene chip that contains thousands of the genes for a horse and one of the first gene chips for a domestic ... > full story -
Novel Gene Therapy Delivery Uses Stem Cells That Target, Attack Tumors
December 8, 2003 Genetically engineered stem cells can find tumors and then produce biological killing agents right at the cancer site, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, who ... > full story
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