Gene Therapy News

Posted October 10, 2002:

• Purdue Corrals New Trojan Horse To Replace Wayward Genes In Mice

Posted September 23, 2002:

• Researchers Engineer Virus That Blocks Common Genetic Defect

Posted September 17, 2002:

• Gene Therapy Reverses Muscular Dystrophy In Animal Model

Posted September 16, 2002:

• Stanford Researchers Devise Novel Gene Therapy Technique

Posted August 28, 2002:

• Combining Rb2 Gene With Radiation Therapy Quickens Tumor Cell Death, Temple Researchers Find

Posted August 7, 2002:

• Dartmouth Researchers Identify Multi-Tasking Circadian Protein

Posted August 6, 2002:

• Gene Therapy Boosts Cancer Chemotherapy

Posted July 23, 2002:

• Ucsd Researchers Develop Gene Therapy To Successfully Halt Heart Failure In Animals

Posted July 8, 2002:

• New Way Found To See Light Through Novel Protein Identified By Dartmouth Geneticists

Posted July 4, 2002:

• Stanford Scientists Flick Genetic Switch; May Lead To New Disease Treatments

Posted June 25, 2002:

• Genome Protects Itself Against Mobile Junk DNA

Posted June 10, 2002:

• New Gene Therapy Tool Successfully Treats Mice With Hemophilia A

Posted May 1, 2002:

• UT Southwestern, M.D. Anderson Researchers Identify Lung-Cancer Tumor Suppressor Genes

Posted April 12, 2002:

• "Vigilant Vector" Could Insert Genes That Sense, Prevent Heart Attacks

Posted April 1, 2002:

• Rats With Partial Parkinson’s Damage In The Brain Show Complete Functional Recovery After Gene Therapy

Posted March 28, 2002:

• Gene Enhances Effects Of Estrogen On Good Cholesterol

Posted March 11, 2002:

• Scientists Combine Therapeutic Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cells, And Gene Defect In Mice
• Researchers Identify Gene Involved In Both Intellectual Disability And Epilepsy

Posted February 13, 2002:

• Gene Therapy Promising For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Posted January 29, 2002:

• Gene For Neat Repair Of DNA Discovered

Posted January 22, 2002:

• New Gene Therapy Shows Promise For Hemophiliacs

Posted January 9, 2002:

• Blood Stem Cells Carry Targeted Genes

Posted December 24, 2001:

• New Gene Therapy Method Corrects Genetic Defects In Human Cystic Fibrosis Lung Models

Posted December 14, 2001:

• Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Correct Sickle Cell Disease In Mice

Posted November 20, 2001:

• Adelaide Scientists Make HIV A Safe Aid In Gene Therapy

Posted November 5, 2001:

• Gene Silencing Produces Disease Resistance In Plants

Posted October 17, 2001:

• Mayo Clinic Study Of Defective Gene That Causes Huntington's Sheds New Light On Disease

Posted October 3, 2001:

• Two Genes Are Better Than One: Combination Approach Selectively Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Posted September 5, 2001:

• Cancers Appear In Mice Treated With Adeno-Associated Virus, A Gene Therapy Vector

Posted July 26, 2001:

• New Gene-Targeted Therapy Promises Improved Cure Rates For Deadly Type Of Leukemia

Posted July 20, 2001:

• Pneumococcus Genome Sequence Completed

Posted July 4, 2001:

• Male Infertility: Scientists Discover Candidate Gene For Impaired Spermatogenesis

Posted June 5, 2001:

• University Of Florida Researchers Reverse Metabolic Disorder In Mice

Posted May 22, 2001:

• UCLA Research Shows Immunotherapy May Prove A Potent New Weapon Against Prostate Cancer

Posted May 14, 2001:

• Jefferson Scientists Hope New Test Will Help Identify Patients With Breast Cancer Carrying Hereditary Breast Cancer Genes

Posted April 12, 2001:

• With An Eye On Safety, UF Experts Explore Cellular Mechanisms Of Gene Therapy

Posted March 22, 2001:

• Purdue Researchers Develop New Delivery System For Gene Therapy

Posted March 20, 2001:

• Treatment In Mice Proves Effective Against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Posted March 16, 2001:

• University Of North Carolina To Test Virus Treatment For Recurrent Head And Neck Cancer

Posted March 1, 2001:

• Gene Therapy Success In The Laboratory Buoys Hope For Cancer Treatment And Prevention; Can Simply Swallowing A Gene Actually Treat And Prevent Cancer?

Posted February 23, 2001:

• Prostate Cancer Gene Found: Newly Identified Susceptibility Gene May Provide The Key To Earlier Diagnosis And Treatment Of Disease

Posted December 6, 2000:

• UF Gene Therapy Researchers Continue Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis

Posted December 4, 2000:

• Scientists Bypass Major Hurdle To Hemophilia Gene Therapy; Animal Studies Yield High Levels Of Clotting Protein

Posted November 20, 2000:

• Cell Studies May Further Gene Therapy Prospects For Head And Neck Cancer
• Emory Researchers Report Abnormal Gene Silencing May Lead To Breast Cancer Progression

Posted November 10, 2000:

• Hopkins Researchers Develop Method To Predict Response To Chemotherapy

Posted October 18, 2000:

• Gene Therapy Rescues Brain Cells In Parkinson's Model

Posted September 27, 2000:

• New Colorectal Cancer Gene Identified

Posted August 29, 2000:

• Gene Therapy Revives "Hibernating" Heart Muscle

Posted August 23, 2000:

• Jefferson Scientists Hope To Perfect Gene Therapy Without Viruses

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