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TUESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A single treatment with a new method of gene therapy may offer lifetime protection against the progression of the lung disease emphysema, according to the results of a study in mice.
BOSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A new gene therapy involving a single treatment could prevent the progression of inherited emphysema, scientists in Boston said.
Title: Gene Therapy May Stall Inherited Emphysema Category: Health News Created: 12/22/2009 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2009 11:00:53 AM
Researchers have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study describes a method to express therapeutic genes in lung tissue for a lifetime after only a single treatment.
( Boston University Medical Center ) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, describes a method to express therapeutic genes in lung tissue for a lifetime after only a single treatment.
( Journal of Clinical Investigation ) Individuals with single-gene mutations that decrease levels of the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin are highly susceptible to emphysema, a progressive lung disease that causes severe shortness of breath. Previous attempts to correct these mutations by gene transfer failed to achieve sustained gene expression in the mouse lung. However, researchers have now ...
A landmark autism study and a dramatic success for gene therapy in reversing inherited blindness, both at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, were recognized among the top scientific achievements in 2009, according to three national publications.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A landmark autism study and a dramatic success for gene therapy in reversing inherited blindness, both at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, were recognized among the top scientific achievements in 2009, according to three national publications: Time magazine, Discover magazine and the journal Science.
( Journal of Clinical Investigation ) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, December 21, 2009, in the JCI, including: "What is the function of the protein CD20?" "Gene therapy makes mice breath easier;" "Sensitizing leukemic cells to death-inducing compounds;" "Seeing is believing: visualizing blood ...
JAMA. 2009;302(23):2531. An international team of researchers reports that gene therapy that addresses the genetic defect that underlies the brain demyelination disorder X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) succeeded in halting progression of the disease in 2 young boys (Cartier N et al.
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The subretinal introduction of a gene encoding an opsin into two color-blind monkeys lacking that opsin resulted in the acquisition of trichromatic vision.
( Brandeis University ) Brandeis University selected Jay and Maureen Neitz, the husband-and-wife team whose pioneering research may lead to the use of gene therapy to treat vision disorders, as the inaugural recipients of the Jay Pepose '75 Award in Vision Sciences.
The gene therapy trial is among just a small handful of trials anywhere in the world for the palliation of ascites, says George Coukos, MD, PhD , Director of the Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center and lead investigator on the trial at Penn.
Human life expectancy may see a hockey stick growth curve in the coming years as a result of leaps made in fields such as molecular nanotechnology, gene therapy, robotics, and regenerative medicine. Seizing the potential for radical longevity, an effort dubbed the "Manhattan Beach Project", is a focused and targeted...
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed an experimental therapy that eliminates blood vessel blockage associated with old age or diabetes.