Gene Therapy News

Posted March 26, 2005:

• Silence The Gene, Save The Cell: RNA Interference As Promising Therapy For ALS

Posted March 25, 2005:

• Understanding Rye And Rice May Help Farmers Improve Wheat

Posted March 23, 2005:

• Plants Defy Mendel's Inheritance Laws, May Prompt Textbook Changes

Posted March 22, 2005:

• Emory Scientists Find New Prostate Cancer Suppressor Gene

Posted March 9, 2005:

• Two Chemicals Boost Immune Cells' Ability To Fight HIV Without Gene Therapy
• Scientists Link Gene To Dyslexia
• Researchers Uncover Mutated Genes Involved In Lung Cancer; One Affects Nonsmokers

Posted February 5, 2005:

• Rush Physicians Using Gene Therapy For Heart Patients With Moderate To Severe Chest Pains Who Do Not Benefit From Other Treatments

Posted February 1, 2005:

• Gene Signatures Predict Interferon Response For Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Posted December 19, 2004:

• Gene Therapy Reduces Skin Cancer To Sunburn In Mouse Model

Posted December 6, 2004:

• Protein Delivered Via Genetically Engineered Virus Slowed Glioblasoma Multiforme Growth

Posted November 8, 2004:

• Cell Enzyme May Help Suppress Cancer Development

Posted September 23, 2004:

• A Novel, Safer Strategy For Regulating Gene Expression

Posted September 8, 2004:

• Scientists Discover Way To Slow The Progression Of Prostate Cancer

Posted August 9, 2004:

• In Mouse Model, Weill Cornell Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Correct Deadly Inherited Immune Disorder

Posted August 3, 2004:

• 'Smart Gene Therapy' Protects Against Damage From Heart Attack

Posted July 28, 2004:

• Researchers Look Into Components Of RNA Silencing Machinery

Posted July 26, 2004:

• Gene Therapy Reaches Muscles Throughout The Body And Reverses Muscular Dystrophy In Animal Model

Posted July 7, 2004:

• Research Accelerates Discovery Of Novel Gene Function

Posted July 5, 2004:

• Combination Of Gene Therapy And Gene Silencing Prevents Neurodegenerative Disease

Posted May 31, 2004:

• Silence Of The Genes: Researchers Provide Unique View Of Inherited Disorders And Cancer

Posted April 14, 2004:

• Engineered Virus Provides Impetus In Search For HIV Vaccine

Posted April 7, 2004:

• Biosensor-Regulated Gene Therapy Reduces Heart Attack Damage In Mice

Posted February 27, 2004:

• Stress Gene Found In Plants

Posted February 24, 2004:

• Study May Improve Gene Therapy Safety

Posted February 12, 2004:

• Steroid-Coated DNA Represents New Approach To Gene Delivery

Posted January 20, 2004:

• One Dose Of 'Designer' Gene Therapy May Target Specific Body Area

Posted December 17, 2003:

• The Common Cold As Cancer Fighter? Saint Louis University Prof's Lifetime Work Moving Into Clinical Trials

Posted December 16, 2003:

• Ohio State Creates First Gene Chip For Horse

Posted December 8, 2003:

• Novel Gene Therapy Delivery Uses Stem Cells That Target, Attack Tumors

Posted November 24, 2003:

• Study Shows Combining Gene Therapy And Radiation Holds Promise

Posted August 8, 2003:

• Gene Therapy Delays Death In Mouse With Symptoms Of Lou Gehrig's Disease

Posted July 25, 2003:

• Study Points To New Gene Therapy Tool In Preventing Epileptic Seizures

Posted July 9, 2003:

• New Colon Cancer Gene Discovered

Posted June 13, 2003:

• NHGRI Study May Help Scientists Develop Safer Methods For Gene Therapy

Posted May 28, 2003:

• Researchers Selectively Silence Disease-Causing Gene

Posted May 15, 2003:

• Putting Genes In A Pill

Posted April 24, 2003:

• MDA Scientists Destroy Flaws In Cells; Muscular Dystrophy Advance May Apply To Other Disorders

Posted April 21, 2003:

• Firefly Light Helps Destroy Cancer Cells; Researchers Find That The Bioluminescence Effects Of Fireflies May Kill Cancer Cells From Within
• Baylor Researchers Show Way To Diabetes Cure With Gene Therapy

Posted March 26, 2003:

• Gene Transfer Reduces Levels Of Key Alzheimer's Disease Protein

Posted March 24, 2003:

• Gene Responsible For Developmental Disorder Identified; Discovery Could Lead To New Therapies For Smith-Magenis Syndrome

Posted January 20, 2003:

• Researchers Achieve Germline Transmission Of 'Gene Knockdown' In Mice

Posted December 24, 2002:

• USC Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Prompt Mouse Cells To Produce Human Collagen

Posted December 16, 2002:

• Novel Gene Therapy Approach Shows Promise

Posted November 15, 2002:

• U. Va. Team Identifies Gene That Could Halt Spread Of Cancer

Posted November 14, 2002:

• UIC Research Suggests New Way To Stop Growth Of Cancer Cells

Posted October 30, 2002:

• Study Helps Explain Gene Silencing In The Developing Embryo

Posted October 14, 2002:

• Stanford Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Technique That Sharply Cuts Risks

Posted October 11, 2002:

• Gene Therapy Success In The Laboratory Buoys Hope For Parkinson's Disease

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