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Scientists Copy the Ways Viruses Deliver Genes
August 11, 2011 — Scientists have mimicked the ways viruses infect human cells and deliver their genetic material. The research hopes to apply the approach to gene therapy -- a therapeutic strategy to correct ... > full story -
Genetically Engineered Spider Silk for Gene Therapy
August 10, 2011 — Genetically engineered spider silk could help overcome a major barrier to the use of gene therapy in everyday medicine, according to a new ... > full story -
Study on Silencing of Tumor Suppressor Gene Suggests New Target for Lymphoma
August 9, 2011 — Researchers have found that a cancer-causing fusion protein works by silencing the tumor suppressor gene IL-2R common gamma-chain. The results suggest news targets for lymphoma and other types of ... > full story -
Pregnancy Hormone Has Unprecedented, Powerful Effect on Spinal Muscular Atrophy
July 25, 2011 — Although spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by the loss of a specific gene, all infants and children with SMA have an untouched highly similar gene within their genetic make up. Activation of ... > full story -
New Gene Therapy for Heart Failure Developed
June 28, 2011 — Researchers have found in a Phase II trial that a new gene therapy stabilized or improved cardiac function in people with severe heart failure. Patients receiving a high dose of the therapy, called ... > full story -
Advances in Delivery of Therapeutic Genes to Treat Brain Tumors
June 27, 2011 — Novel tools and methods for delivering therapeutic genes to cells in the central nervous system hold great promise for the development of new treatments to combat incurable neurologic ... > full story -
Genome Editing -- A Next Step in Genetic Therapy -- Corrects Hemophilia in Animals
June 26, 2011 — Using an innovative gene therapy technique called genome editing that hones in on the precise location of mutated DNA, scientists have treated the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in mice. This is ... > full story -
A Step Toward Controlling Huntington's Disease? Potential New Way of Blocking Activity of Gene That Causes HD
June 23, 2011 — Researchers have identified a natural mechanism that might one day be used to block the expression of the mutated gene known to cause Huntington's disease. Their experiments offer not an immediate ... > full story -
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Tapeworm Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer Metastasis
June 17, 2011 — A compound that for about 60 years has been used as a drug against tapeworm infection is also apparently effective against colon cancer metastasis, as studies using mice have shown. The compound ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Finds
June 6, 2011 — An experimental cure for type 1 diabetes has a nearly 80 percent success rate in curing diabetic mice. The results offer possible hope of curing a disease that affects 3 million ... > full story
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