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Prostate Cancer Gene Found: Newly Identified Susceptibility Gene May Provide The Key To Earlier Diagnosis And Treatment Of Disease
February 23, 2001 — Researchers have taken a significant step towards unravelling the genetic component of prostate cancer. University of Toronto professor Johanna Rommens of medical genetics and microbiology and an ... > full story -
UF Gene Therapy Researchers Continue Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis
December 6, 2000 — Turning the promise of gene therapy into reality has been more difficult than scientists once hoped, but University of Florida researchers have identified a strategy for overcoming one barrier to ... > full story -
Scientists Bypass Major Hurdle To Hemophilia Gene Therapy; Animal Studies Yield High Levels Of Clotting Protein
December 4, 2000 — For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used a gene-therapy technique in animals to continually produce very high amounts of a clotting protein similar ... > full story -
Cell Studies May Further Gene Therapy Prospects For Head And Neck Cancer
November 20, 2000 — New laboratory research at the University of North Carolina appears to kindle prospects of finding ways to treat head and neck cancer with gene therapy. The study published November 20 in the journal ... > full story -
Emory Researchers Report Abnormal Gene Silencing May Lead To Breast Cancer Progression
November 20, 2000 — Emory University scientists have discovered that a mistake in the way DNA is labeled and packaged could lead to the abnormal silencing of a gene that plays an important role in keeping breast cancer ... > full story -
Hopkins Researchers Develop Method To Predict Response To Chemotherapy
November 10, 2000 — Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center uncovered a genetic alteration that appears to predict how individuals with an aggressive type of brain cancer will respond to chemotherapy. ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Rescues Brain Cells In Parkinson's Model
October 18, 2000 — A gene therapy "cocktail" can successfully prevent the destruction of critical brain cells in an animal model of Parkinson's disease, according to a study presented at the American ... > full story -
New Colorectal Cancer Gene Identified
September 27, 2000 — Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered that mutations in a newly isolated gene, AXIN2, lead to the development of colorectal cancer. This gene belongs to an important cell pathway that contains ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Revives "Hibernating" Heart Muscle
August 29, 2000 — Scientists significantly increased blood flow to the hearts of seriously ill patients by injecting the gene for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) into areas of dead or unresponsive heart ... > full story -
Jefferson Scientists Hope To Perfect Gene Therapy Without Viruses
August 23, 2000 — Gene therapy – which aims to replace "bad" genes with useful ones – has yet to live up to its promise largely because of problems delivering genes to the right place in the body. ... > full story
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