New molecule reduces the aggressiveness of pediatric cancer
A microRNA inhibitor identified by researchers at the FAPESP-supported Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center reduced the sizes of ...
Tag: Gene Therapy
A new CRISPR-Cas9 protein to increase precision of gene editing
Credit: City University of Hong Kong A team of researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Karolinska Institutet ...
EMBL spins the Sleeping Beauty transposase
New possibilities for gene therapiesCredit: Scienseed The team, comprising researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Universitätsklinikum Würzburg and ...
U. Iowa team is developing new delivery tools for gene editing
Engineered peptides provide efficient, non-toxic delivery of gene-editing proteins to airway cellsCredit: Paul McCray, University of Iowa News of advances ...
New gene therapy for epilepsy provides on-demand release of endogenous substance
Preclinical study shows long-term suppression of seizuresCredit: Schwarzer/Medical University of Innsbruck Teams of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and ...
Progressing toward successful gene-based approaches to inherited neurometabolic diseases
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--Researchers are making great strides toward de-veloping gene-based strategies ...
NIH funds new All of Us Research Program genome center to test advanced sequencing tools
HudsonAlpha awarded $7 million to expand national health dataset with uncharted genetic variantsCredit: Photo courtesy of the HudsonAlpha Institute for ...
When added to gene therapy, plant-based compound may enable faster, more effective treatments
Scripps Research team finds that a nontoxic molecule closely related to resveratrol can overcome barriers to delivering gene therapy into ...
Genetics of nephropathia epidemica researched by Kazan Federal University
A paper appeared recently in VirusesCredit: Kazan Federal University This particular inquiry pertains to CCR5 - a gene which has ...
SwRI cell expansion research receives additional $5.3 million in funding
MTEC, FDA projects to develop new tool for stem cell, CAR T-cell manufacturingCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. ...
NIH funding bolsters rare diseases research collaborations
New grants aimed at better understanding diseases, moving potential treatments closer to the clinicCredit: Xiangyang Zhang, Ph.D., The George Washington ...
Breakthrough in sex-chromosome regulation
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have uncovered a chromosome-wide mechanism that keeps the gene expression of ...
NIH researchers create new viral vector for improved gene therapy in sickle cell disease
'Forward-oriented' design might boost treatment effectiveness and broaden useCredit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Researchers at the National Institutes ...
Researcher hopes to make gene-editing device safer and more precise
The CRISPR-Cas9 system allows researchers to make changes in a cell's genetic codeCredit: UNTHSC The mere mention of gene editing ...
University of Alberta researchers developing new ‘DNA stitch’ to treat muscular dystrophy
Experimental treatment has potential to help almost half of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophyCredit: Jordan Carson A new therapeutic being ...
Non-viral gene therapy to speed up cancer research
A new treatment method promises to speed up gene therapy research and could bring new, patient friendly cancer treatments to ...
New gene therapy research at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Gene therapy shows promise as a way to treat and cure ...
New CRISPR class expands genetic engineering toolbox
The new approach opens up nearly 90 percent of CRISPR-Cas systems for use in human cells, including biomedical research and ...
World’s first gene therapy for glycogen storage disease produces remarkable results
Consuming cornstarch every few hours has been the only available option for survivalCredit: Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health At the Association for ...
Gene editing enables researchers to correct mutation in muscle stem cells in DMD model
Correction of mutation in muscle stem cells with CRISPR editing may pave the way for lifelong treatments for muscular dystrophyCredit: ...
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