New gene therapy and stem cells save limbs
UPI - Wed Dec 9, 4:43 pm ETBALTIMORE, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed an experimental therapy that eliminates blood vessel blockage associated with old age or diabetes.
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AMT Announces Management Changes in Light of Refocused Strategy
redOrbit - Wed Dec 2, 2:09 am ETAMSTERDAM, December 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today a number of management changes.
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Reportlinker Adds Gene Therapy - Worldwide Market Challenges & Opportunities
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 30, 9:07 am ETReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
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Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Tavistock Group, Oregon Health and Science University Vaccine and Gene Therapy ...
GenomeWeb News - Sat Nov 28, 5:15 pm ETThe facility consists of a two-story administrative wing and a three-story research wing, set to seek certification from the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED program.
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Is Gene-Therapy Medical Treatment Ready for Prime Time?
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 27, 5:40 am ETAfter years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment
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Gene Increases Effectiveness Of Drugs Used To Fight Cancer, Allows Dosage Reduction
redOrbit - Tue Nov 24, 1:07 pm ETImage Caption: This image shows the effect of gene therapy combined with cytotoxic agents in E spheroids derived from breast cancer cell line MCF-7. A. Control; B. Doxorubicin 10nm, C. Paclitaxel 10nm, D. Docetaxel 10nm, combined with gene E. Credit: University of Granada
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Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage
EurekAlert! - Tue Nov 24, 10:01 am ET( University of Granada ) The gene in question is a suicide gene, called "gene E," which leads to the death of tumor cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer, and prevents their growth. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery show "limited" results in advanced stages of cancer, so the kind of gene therapy proposed by the scientists of the UGR is a huge breakthrough in cancer treatment.
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Genes are now being used for healing
KVOA Tucson - Mon Nov 23, 11:12 am ETAround the world, there are more than 1,500 gene therapy trials going on to treat everything from Parkinson's to blindness to clogged arteries. Could the key to healing be in the body's building blocks?
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Salk technology leads to gene therapy success
Rancho Santa Fe Record - Thu Nov 19, 5:59 pm ETUsing a gene-therapy delivery system developed in the laboratory of Inder Verma at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, an international research team successfully treated two boys from Spain suffering from adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), the rare, inherited disease that was the focus of the Hollywood film "Lorenzo's Oil." The genetic disorder, in which the fatty insulation of nerve cells ...
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AMT Provides Business Update for the Third Quarter 2009
redOrbit - Wed Nov 18, 4:08 am ETAMSTERDAM, November 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Glybera(R) Clinical Data Presented at Meeting of American Heart Association Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (EuroNext Amsterdam: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today provides its non-audited business update in compliance with the EU transparency directive.
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Mount Sinai researchers to test first gene therapy For Alzheimer's patients
EurekAlert! - Tue Nov 17, 12:35 pm ET( The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine ) Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of 12 sites nationwide participating in the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention in Alzheimer's research in the US.
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Researchers to Test First Gene Therapy For Alzheimer's Patients
Newswise - Mon Nov 16, 12:57 pm ETResearchers are preparing for the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study, the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention in Alzheimer's research in the U.S., utilizes a viral-based gene transfer system, CERE-110, that makes Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), a naturally occurring protein that helps maintain nerve cell survival in the brain.
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Breast cancer gene linked to cardiac risk
The Record and Herald News - Mon Nov 16, 7:25 am ETA gene linked to breast cancer in 1 in 10 Jewish women may raise the risk of heart ailments, says a study in mice using gene therapy to improve cardiac function.
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Gene therapy can improve muscle mass and strength in monkeys, research suggests
Science Daily - Fri Nov 13, 9:16 pm ETScientists are one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disorders.
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Gene Therapy Brings New Muscle to Monkeys
MedicineNet.com - Fri Nov 13, 4:31 pm ETTitle: Gene Therapy Brings New Muscle to Monkeys Category: Health News Created: 11/12/2009 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 11/13/2009
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Cornell Researchers Identify A Weak Link In Cancer Cell Armor
redOrbit - Fri Nov 13, 1:03 am ETThe seeming invincibility of cancerous tumors may be crumbling, thanks to a promising new gene therapy that eliminates the ability of certain cells to repair themselves.
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Sonic Hedgehog variations linked to recurrence, survival and response to therapy of bladder cancer
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New mouse could help understand how some lung cancer cells evade drug treatment
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Gene therapy and stem cells save limb
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Tiny RNA has big impact on lung cancer tumors
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Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'
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