Muscle-Growth Gene Therapy Raises Athletes' Hopes of Becoming Supermen
AnandTech - Wed Dec 9, 9:41 am ETScientists have demonstrated a way to selectively block myostatin production...
Gene Therapy
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Weak Link In Cancer Cell Armor Identified
Science Daily - Fri Nov 13, 12:19 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. Researchers have discovered that inactivation of a DNA repair gene called Hus1 efficiently kills cells lacking p53 -- a gene mutated in the majority of human cancers.
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Cornell researchers identify a weak link in cancer cell armor
EurekAlert! - Thu Nov 12, 4:28 pm ET( Cornell University ) The 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. Researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that inactivation of a DNA repair gene called Hus1 efficiently kills cells lacking p53 -- a gene mutated in the majority ...
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Researchers Identify a Weak Link in Cancer Cell Armor
Newswise - Thu Nov 12, 5:27 pm 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. Researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that inactivation of a DNA repair gene called Hus1 efficiently kills cells lacking p53 -- a gene mutated in the majority of human cancers.
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Success Boosting Monkey Muscle Could Help Humans
NPR - Wed Nov 11, 5:37 pm ETResearchers have successfully used gene therapy to increase monkeys' muscle strength. The team hopes to use the same treatment to help people with muscle-wasting diseases grow back their muscle strength.
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Genetix Pharmaceuticals Announces Global Clinical Plans to Treat Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Nov 12, 12:04 pm ETCAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Genetix Pharmaceuticals, a leader in gene therapy of somatic stem cells, announced today the company’s clinical program to treat Adrenoleukodystrophy . The company is developing a gene therapy product in collaboration with Professor Patrick Aubourg and Doctor Nathalie Cartier of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research .
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MDA: Gene treatment for muscle promising
Arizona Daily Star - Thu Nov 12, 2:44 am ETThe Muscular Dystrophy Association is prepared to underwrite a clinical trial for a promising gene therapy that could preserve and strengthen muscle fibers in patients with neuromuscular diseases.
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AMT Successful in Preclinical Treatment of DMD
redOrbit - Wed Nov 11, 2:08 am ETAMSTERDAM, November 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that it has successfully treated Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in an animal model with its proprietary gene therapy.
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Is Gene-Therapy Medical Treatment Ready for Prime Time?
Time.com via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 4:55 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
Science Daily: Gene Therapy News
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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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Discovery leads to effective treatment of painful skin condition
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