Long-lived parents produce better quality offspring
Genetic manipulation that more than doubles lifespan also leads to better offspring - according to new collaborative research from the ...
Tag: Gene Therapy
EMA qualification opinion on cellular therapy module of the EBMT Registry
EBMT receives a regulatory qualification from the European Medicine Agency on the use of its patient registry to support novel ...
Researchers develop techniques to track the activity of a potent cancer gene
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute use novel tools to reveal that cancer gene MYC causes global changes in gene ...
Discovery of colon cancer pathway could lead to new targeted treatments
UMass Amherst researchers identify enzymes critical for tumor growthCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst food science researchers have pinpointed ...
International team of scientists detect cause of rare pediatric brain disorder
A team of American and Canadian scientists lead mutation discoveryCredit: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, February 25 2019--An international effort ...
Scientists sharpen their molecular scissors and expand the gene editing toolbox
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Feb. 22, 2019 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have figured out a better ...
New strategy improves efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--The efficiency of CRISPR genome editing tools targeted to ...
Antibody therapy training phagocytes to destroy tumors now tested on patients
Developed by researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, an immunotherapeutic antibody therapy re-educates macrophages to activate passivated cytotoxic ...
Human cells can change job to fight diabetes
For the first time, researchers have shown that ordinary human cells can change their original function. This may give new ...
Genetic variations in a fourth gene linked to elevated leukemia risk in Hispanic children
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Feb. 14, 2019) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified genetic variations ...
The novel method Nested CRISPR enables efficient genome editing using long DNA fragments
Credit: IDIBELL CRISPR is a technique that is revolutionizing biomedical research through high-precision genome editing. However, even though it allows ...
Researchers find new treatment for Chlamydia
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to prevent and treat Chlamydia, the most common sexually ...
Researchers publish largest description of ST3GAL5 (GM3 Synthase) deficiency
Researchers have combined the largest description of ST3GAL5 (GM3 synthase) deficiency using detailed natural history data from 104 individuals of ...
First patient affected by a mutation in the nucleoside transporter SLC28 gene family
Nucleosides: essential biomolecules for lifeCredit: University of Barcelona A research team has described the first case of a patient affected ...