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"There have been studies done in humans that have heart attacks, where they have been given nearly identical cells to the ones that we worked on. Everyone that has suffered damage to their heart tissue, if they are given these cells, almost every patient has gotten better. The few that haven't gotten better, have not gotten any worse," said Dr. Bruce Bunnell, a professor of Pharmacology and director of the Center for Gene Therapy at the Tulane School of Medicine ... "So the current thinking is,... (WWLTV.com, LA)
* World News Quick Take Sep 18, 2009
Two squirrel monkeys that were color-blind from birth have had their vision restored after receiving gene therapy. The experiment paves the way for the treatment of a range of genetic eye disorders in humans, including some that cause full or partial blindness in millions of people. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Color-blindness Cured by Gene Injection in Monkeys Sep 17, 2009
A simple injection of cells has cured monkeys of color-blindness giving a green light to future research into improving human vision with gene therapy, a new study says. Calling the procedure his gene therapy "dream," researcher Jay Neitz said that "ultimately this could be a tool that could cure all sorts of eye diseases." ... To find out if gene therapy could cure color-blindness, Neitz and colleagues trained several of the monkeys some color-blind, some not in a lab. (National Geographic)
Scientists Cure Color Blindness In Monkeys Sep 17, 2009
16, 2009) Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness the most common genetic disorder in people ... Writing online September 15 in the journal Nature, scientists cast a rosy light on the potential for gene therapy to treat adult vision disorders involving cone cells the most important cells for vision in people ... D., a professor of ophthalmic molecular genetics at the UF College of Medicine and a... (Science Daily)
Monkeys perform colour test Sep 17, 2009
Scientists say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy. A US team were able to restore full colour vision to adult monkeys born without the ability to distinguish between the colours red and green. (BBC News -- Science)
Gene therapy fixes color blindness in monkeys Sep 17, 2009
Monkeys once color-blind can now see the world in full color thanks to gene therapy ... Next up: humans Before such gene therapy could help humans, Neitz said that he and others would need to perfect it, and ensure its complete safety. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Gene therapy: An Interview with an Unfortunate Pioneer Sep 17, 2009
Lessons learned by James M. Wilson, the scientist behind the first gene therapy death ... Severe Setback: James M. Wilson ran the institute where a fatal gene therapy experiment occurred in 1999 ... succumbed to multiorgan failure during a gene therapy trial at the University of Pennsylvania. (Scientific American)
Loci Color: Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blindness in Adult Monkeys Sep 17, 2009
IN LIVING COLOR: A squirrel monkey named Dalton feasts on food that he can see in full color thanks to gene therapy that fixed his color-blindness in about five months. NEITZ LABORATORY. (Scientific American)
Qatar home to world-class biomedical research program Sep 16, 2009
The program will also support high quality research in the fields of genetic and molecular medicine, women's and children's health, gene therapy, stem cells, and vaccine development ... We have established two broad research themes: a Genetic ular Medicine research program with a focus on personalized medicine, gene therapy for cancer, and stem cell research; and a Women ren's Health research program with a focus on maternal fetal medicine and the neurogenetic disorders of the newborn. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
International Space Station's Popul... Sep 13, 2009
Molecule sized microcapsules for use in gene therapy. Nano-scale manipulation of surgical implants. (Suite101.com)
Nature podcast Sep 11, 2009
Gene therapy for mitochondrial mutations, a 'hot jupiter' spinning perilously close to its sun, science-themed songs for kids, toxicity testing, and a chance to win tickets to a private screening of the film Creation. 20 August 2009. (Nature News Service)
New Treatment In Sight For Ovarian Cancer Sep 6, 2009
1, 2006) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have used gene therapy to either completely abolish or significantly inhibit tumor progression in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. The. (Science Daily)
Blinded By the Light of Discovery Sep 6, 2009
Recent of an unprecedented development in gene therapy indicate that humility before the mysterious and awesome power of nature is a lesson mankind has yet to learn ... Unlike other forms of gene therapy, this new technology is unique in that it involves irrevocable changes in the genetic "germ line;" i.e. permanent changes in the genetic makeup that will be passed down the line of offspring and eventually spread through the wider gene pool. (Townhall.com)
Promise Of Nanodiamonds For Safer Gene Therapy Sep 4, 2009
3, 2009) Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of a myriad of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among many others ... "By harnessing the innate advantages of nanodiamonds we now have demonstrated their promise for gene therapy." ... 2, 2009) Australian scientists have developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transport their cargo into our cells. (Science Daily)
Chemists Reach From The Molecular To The Real World With Creation Of 3-D DNA Crystals Sep 4, 2009
The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Excessive Radiological Imaging Explained Sep 2, 2009
(June 8, 2006) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have successfully protected mice against the damaging effects that radiation can have on bone marrow using gene therapy. Based on these. (Science Daily)
Finding The ZIP-code For Gene Therapy: Scientists Imitate Viruses To Deliver Therapeutic Genes Sep 2, 2009
2, 2009) A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transport their cargo into our cells ... "Through the use of proteins that mimic key functions of viruses for the packaging and transport of therapeutic DNA, we hope to improve the efficiency, and above all, the specificity of human gene therapy," said David Jans, from the... (Science Daily)
UF scientists construct 'off switch' for Parkinson therapy Aug 29, 2009
Common drug shuts down gene therapy in rats, addressing safety concerns for humans. GAINESVILLE A common antibiotic can function as an "off switch" for a gene therapy being developed for Parkinson's disease, according to University of Florida researchers writing online in advance of September's Molecular Therapy ... Together, the findings suggest that gene therapy to enable the brain to retain its ability to produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that falls in critically short supply in... (EurekAlert!)
Genetic advance raises IVF hopes Aug 27, 2009
He said: "Moving to human trials could be very quick, maybe within two to three years. "This type of gene therapy is much closer to clinical application than anything else before. " The development has been welcomed by Professor Peter Braude, an IVF specialist at Guys and St Thomas's hospital. He said: "It is a very nice approach that could potentially help thousands of women with mitochondrial disease. (BBC News -- Science)
BREAKTHROUGH: GENE THERAPY FOR THE UNBORN... Aug 27, 2009 Encorium Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Aug 25, 2009 Nano-bio Material Kills Cancer Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells In Unharmed Aug 24, 2009 Living Longer And Happier Aug 22, 2009 Wars of the future may use mind-altering drugs Aug 21, 2009 Expert: New Mind Drugs Eyed by Military Aug 21, 2009 Argonne, University of Chicago scientists develop targeted cancer treatment using nanomaterials Aug 20, 2009 Aiming at genetic cure to disease Aug 20, 2009 Future Angst? Brain Scans Show Uncertainty Fuels Anxiety Aug 19, 2009 Newly Found DNA Catalysts Cleave DNA With Water Molecule Aug 17, 2009 Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness Proves Safe--and Effective--One Year In Aug 15, 2009 Vision Researchers See Unexpected Gain One Year Into Blindness Trial Aug 15, 2009 Gene Therapy Offers Hope Against Inherited Blindness Aug 14, 2009 Hereditary blindness curable via gene therapy Aug 13, 2009 Cure for the Blind? Aug 13, 2009 Gene Therapy May Enable Blind to See Aug 13, 2009 Vision 1 Year after Gene Therapy for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis Aug 13, 2009 Vision improvement after gene therapy maintained at 1 year for inherited retinal blindness Aug 13, 2009 Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Reports Half Year Results 2009 Aug 13, 2009 Gene Therapy Trial Succeeds In Boosting Protective Protein In Patients With Hereditary Lung Disease Aug 12, 2009 Gobers bike cross country for cancer awareness Jul 31, 2009 USD Toreros Support San Diego Swing & Soiree Jul 30, 2009 Loss of Mismatched HLA in Leukemia after Stem-Cell Transplantation Jul 30, 2009 New Strategy In Tumor Treatment Jul 21, 2009 Why African-Americans are at greater risk of hypertension and kidney disease Jul 14, 2009 Gene Therapy — Still a Work in Progress Jul 9, 2009 Biomarker That Safely Monitors Tumor Response To New Brain Cancer Treatment Jul 9, 2009 Investigation of the Cause of Death in a Gene-Therapy Trial Jul 9, 2009 Medtronic pumps $2.5M into NanoCor Therapeutics Jul 3, 2009 Virus-gene Therapy Combination Against Melanoma Under Testing Jul 3, 2009 Study identifies biomarker that safely monitors tumor response to new brain cancer treatment Jul 1, 2009 Gene Therapy Gets Under The Skin Jun 29, 2009 Burr-like Molecule-size Capsules Deliver Drugs Jun 26, 2009 Like burrs on your clothes, molecule-size capsules can deliver drugs by sticking to targeted cells Jun 26, 2009 Researchers uncover approach for possibly eradicating HIV infection Jun 22, 2009 A new weapon in the war against HIV-AIDS: Combined antiviral and targeted chemotherapy Jun 22, 2009 Glybera(TM) Shows Long-Term Health Benefits Jun 18, 2009 Pulling malaria from mosquitoes to fight disease Jun 16, 2009 Biogen confirms Icahn ally is on board Jun 5, 2009 Stem cell research shows a promising, if tiny, breakthrough Jun 5, 2009 Stem cell technology boosts gene therapy, Salk scientists find Jun 1, 2009 tp_bulkViewer.add("itemnumcomments","id=z04efe25ce81948b3882575c3006c6d77"); Jun 1, 2009 Stem Cell-Gene Therapy Cures A Disease In Vitro Jun 1, 2009 Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach cures human genetic disease in vitro Jun 1, 2009 Why Some Prostate Cancer Returns May 29, 2009 UF makes gene therapy advance in severe genetic disorder May 29, 2009 Vical to Present Update On Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Program and Overview of Pivotal Phase 3 Melanoma Trial At ASGT Conference May 27, 2009 Nervous system may be culprit in deadly muscle disease May 26, 2009 Novel Herbal Therapy For Men At High Risk Of Prostate Cancer Well-Tolerated In Phase I Trial May 26, 2009 Gene Therapy Could Expand Stem Cells' Promise May 23, 2009 Genetic Research May Help Restore L... May 21, 2009 New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV May 20, 2009 New Tool For Next-generation Cancer Treatments Using Nanodiamonds May 19, 2009 Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Could Be Used In Gene Therapy May 19, 2009 Nanotechnology: Self-assembly Of Building Blocks Of DNA Can Now Be Easily Controlled May 16, 2009 Test predicts colon cancers return May 15, 2009 UM class of 2009: Triple threat - Science major immersed himself in activities on, off campus May 14, 2009 A scientist, doctor, and mother join forces to speed a cure for a fatal childhood disease May 11, 2009 AMT Starts Preregistration Trial for Glybera(TM) May 7, 2009 Stem Cell Focus For IBD Wound Healing May 6, 2009 Potential Preventative Therapy For Type 1 Diabetes May 5, 2009 Moving gene therapy forward with mobile DNA May 4, 2009 Parkinson's: Neurons Destroyed By Three Simultaneous Strikes May 4, 2009 Top AIDS researcher lured away May 4, 2009 Where tumor cells boldly go: Weill Cornell cancer biologists shed light on the metastatic niche May 2, 2009
Gene therapy for the unborn - Science, News - The Independent ... Gene therapy for the unborn ... This form of gene therapy, known as germline gene therapy, alters the DNA of sperm or eggs and is banned in Britain because of fears over its safety as well as the prospect of it leading to the creation of "designer babies". (The Drudge Report)
Combined Transplant-Vaccine Therapy For High-risk Leukemia Shows Promise Aug 26, 2009
23, 2008) Individuals with a number of life-threatening genetic diseases of the immune system have been successfully treated by gene therapy -- that is, they were infused with early precursors of immune cells ... 15, 2008) Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who were treated with a gene therapy protocol began making antibodies that reacted against their own leukemia cells. (Science Daily)
The Company has drug and biologics development as well as clinical trial experience across a wide variety of therapeutic areas such as infectious diseases, cardiovascular, vaccines, oncology, diabetes endocrinology/metabolism, gene therapy, immunology, neurology, gastroenterology, dermatology, hepatology, women's health and respiratory medicine. Encorium believes that its expertise in the design of complex clinical trials, its therapeutic experience and commitment to excellence, and its... (PR Newswire)
Funding for this research was through the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, American Cancer Society and Brain Research Foundation. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
In the study, published in this week's edition of Public Library of Science One, MU researchers found that gene therapy with a proven "longevity" gene energized mice during exercise, and might be applicable to humans in the future ... "After gene therapy with a 'longevity' gene, we studied how well the mice performed on treadmill exercises. We found that the gene therapy worked well and the mice functioned better after the treatment." ... By using this specific gene therapy vector, the virus, to... (Science Daily)
Chemical agents and even gene therapy being developed in civilian life science laboratories are particularly suited to this style of warfare; it is not hard to find people in the military world who think they would be useful, Dando declared in the article. Agents being developed, said Dando, include oxytocin, dubbed the love and cuddle chemical which is known to induce trust and whose emergence opens up the possibility of a drug that could be used to manipulate peoples emotions... (India Times, India)
Chemical agents and even gene therapy being developed in civilian life science laboratories "are particularly suited to this style of warfare; it is not hard to find people in the military world who think they would be useful," he declared. Dando, Professor of International Security at Britain's Bradford University, is a regular participant in U.N.-sponsored arms conferences and is due in Geneva next week for a meeting of experts on the 1972 biological weapons pact. (Newsmax)
Funding for this research was through the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, American Cancer Society and Brain Research Foundation. The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. (EurekAlert!)
Current NanoAxis research projects include using gene therapy for African sleeping sickness, treating seasonal and pandemic influenza such as swine flu, treating Alzheimer s Disease and devising a test kit for cancer and other diseases using quantum dot technology. We hope to take the lead in the area of infectious disease research and believe that use of quantum dots may replace conventional targeting methods such as adenoviral vectors and provide a truly novel form of gene therapy,... (Buffalo Business First, NY)
20, 2007) Brain scans used to track changes in a dozen patients who received an experimental gene therapy show that the treatment normalizes brain function - and the effects are still present a year later. . (Science Daily)
The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized. (May 25, 2008) For the first time, researchers have witnessed the spontaneous repair of damage to DNA molecules in real time. (Science Daily)
Three subjects with a rare form of visual impairment found their sight still better a year after gene therapy, and their immune systems seemed happy with the treatment, too ... MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Although some previous trials have gone awry, gene therapy appears to have been both safe and effective in this early phase I clinical trial ... Gene therapy, which often employs viruses to deliver the good genes to a body's target cells, has been known to trigger and was blamed for the death of... (Scientific American)
14, 2009) Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an August online report in Human Gene Therapy ... This is the first study that reports the one-year safety and effectiveness of successful gene therapy for a form of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a currently untreatable hereditary condition that causes severe vision loss and blindness in infants and children ... "These results... (Science Daily)
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Gene therapy for an inherited form of blindness shows promise, a U.S. study shows ... The findings appear in the August online edition of Human Gene Therapy and in a letter to the editor in the Aug. 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ... "At one year, we have now found that the RPE65 gene therapy appears to be safe and leads to a stable visual improvement in the patients studied. We are cautiously optimistic about these results and look forward... (MEDLINEplus)
Hereditary blindness is curable via gene therapy - Health - Health & Science - NEWS - The Times of India ... Hereditary blindness is curable via gene therapy ... WASHINGTON: Three patients, who received gene therapy for an inherited form of blindness, continued having vision improvements even after a year, a new study has revealed. (India Times, India)
Study Suggests Gene Therapy May Enable Blind to See - Vision - FOXNews ... Study Suggests Gene Therapy May Enable Blind to See ... Scientists believe the brain of a blind woman rewired itself and enabled her to see after partial vision was restored to sections of her retina through gene therapy. (Fox News)
Scientists believe the brain of a blind woman rewired itself and enabled her to see after partial vision was restored to sections of her retina through gene therapy. The finding surprised scientists at the University of Florida College of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania who two years ago began testing the safety of gene therapy in three patients born with Leber congenital amaurosis type 2, a rare blindness condition ... This was phase 1 of a National Eye Institute study and we wanted... (Fox News)
NEJM -- Vision 1 Year after Gene Therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis ... Vision 1 Year after Gene Therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis ... 2,3,4,5 At 1-year follow-up after gene therapy, the three young adult patients in our trial4,5 remained without serious adverse events. (New England Journal of Medicine)
PHILADELPHIA One year after a trio of young adults received gene therapy for an inherited form of blindness, researchers have documented that the patients are still experiencing the same level of remarkable vision improvements previously measured within weeks. This is the first study to report one-year gene therapy safety and efficacy results in treating young adults with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a hereditary condition that causes severe vision impairment in infants and children ...... (EurekAlert!)
AMSTERDAM, August 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today reported its results for the first half year of 2009 ... "AMT showed important results in the first half of 2009. We presented additional data showing the clinically important health benefit of our lead product, Glybera(R), while good progress was made in the further development of our pipeline-products and the strengthening of the company. The... (PR Newswire)
"This trial represents a very important step toward a potential gene therapy for the 100,000 or more Americans who suffer with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency," said Terence R. Flotte, MD, dean of the School of Medicine and provost & executive deputy chancellor of UMass Medical School ... Nine patients were divided in three groups to receive the gene therapy at the General Clinical Research Center at Shands at UF Medical Center ... Although patients showed some elevated immune response to the... (Science Daily)
"He said he was hoping that breakthroughs, particularly in gene therapy, might advance progress in finding a definitive cure for the disease, noting that early detection was the best way to survive the cancer.The Gobers are not only raising money for scholarships but for prostate cancer research as well and are planning a five-kilometer run at some point in the future toward that end."Anything we can do to speed up (progress), to get more researchers out there," is beneficial," Guy said. "... If... (Clayton Tribune, GA)
The Salk Institute of La Jolla recently published a study focused on correcting defective genes in Fanconi Anemia patients' cells using gene therapy techniques. Father Joe's Villages () have been meeting the needs of San Diego's homeless for more than 50 years. (Usdtoreros.com)
From the Hospital San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET) (L.V., M.G.R., K.F.), the Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Oncology (L.V., S.K.P., M.T.L.S., B.F., M.B., J.P., C. Corti, F.C.), the Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program (S.K.P., M.C., A.B., C. Bonini), Diagnostica e Ricerca (M.Z., N.F.P., M.F.), and the HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory and Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service (B.M., S.R., K.F.), Istituto di Ricovero e... (New England Journal of Medicine)
(July 8, 2009) A specific biomarker, a protein released by dying tumor cells, has been identified as an effective tool in an animal model to gauge the response to a novel gene therapy treatment for glioblastoma. (July 30, 2008) Attenuated Salmonella bacteria engineered to express the Fas ligand (FasL) accumulate in tumors and reduce their. (Science Daily)
Weill Cornell physician-scientists have been responsible for many medical advances -- including the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer; the synthesis of penicillin; the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S.; the first clinical trial for gene therapy for Parkinson's disease; the first indication of bone marrow's critical role in tumor growth; and, most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally conscious... (EurekAlert!)
NEJM -- Gene Therapy -- Still a Work in Clinical and Regulatory Progress ... Gene Therapy Still a Work in Clinical and Regulatory Progress ... 1 Although the patient's death was initially attributed by some to the intraarticular gene therapy, because of a striking temporal association, the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector appears now to be exonerated. (New England Journal of Medicine)
ScienceDaily (July 8, 2009) A specific biomarker, a protein released by dying tumor cells, has been identified as an effective tool in an animal model to gauge the response to a novel gene therapy treatment for glioblastoma mulitforme ... The gene therapy is a two-pronged strategy devised by scientists at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute ... D., co-director of the Institute, developed this gene therapy strategy during 10 years of laboratory research. (Science Daily)
From the Department of Pathology (K.M.F., J.L.M., S.M., J.H.) and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine (D.K.H.), University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago; Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Division of Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (P.J.M.); the Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (R.J.S.); and St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL (G.A.W.). Address... (New England Journal of Medicine)
NanoCor said on Tuesday that the additional investment will be used to develop and commercialize its gene therapy. Medtronic has agreed to invest additional amounts upon NanoCor s achievement of certain milestones. (Triangle Business Journal)
18, 2007) A research team at Columbia University has designed a novel viral-based gene therapy they say blasts through a body, targeting both primary and distant tumors, while leaving normal cells untouched. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Gene therapy technique developed in animal model by Cedars-Sinai research team uses immune cells to attack glioblastoma multiforme. LOS ANGELES (STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 A.M. EDT on JULY 1, 2009) A specific biomarker, a protein released by dying tumor cells, has been identified as an effective tool in an animal model to gauge the response to a novel gene therapy treatment for glioblastoma mulitforme ... The gene therapy is a two-pronged strategy devised by scientists at the Cedars-Sinai... (EurekAlert!)
ScienceDaily (June 29, 2009) Vaseline, a known molecule from apples and a gene network encapsulated in algal gelatin are the components of a possible gene therapy which literally gets under the skin ... Marc Gitzinger from the research group of Martin Fussenegger, Professor of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Science in the Department of Biosystems (D-BSSE) in Basle, has developed a prototype for gene therapy through the skin ... This form of gene therapy has several advantages, stressed the ETH... (Science Daily)
The research is published in the journal Gene Therapy ... Gene Therapy, Online June 25, 2009; DOI. (Science Daily)
The research is published today (June 25, 2009) online at the Web site of the journal Gene Therapy. "This study greatly extends the range of therapies," said Michael King, Cornell associate professor of biomedical engineering, who co-authored the study with lead author Zhong Huang, a former Cornell research associate who is now an assistant professor at the Shenzhen University School of Medicine in China. (EurekAlert!)
VGTI Florida is the Florida-funded expansion of Oregon Health ce University's highly successful Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. The institute was created through a $60 million investment by the state of Florida in January 2008 and 53 million in matching funds provided by the city of Port St. Lucie. (EurekAlert!)
"Our results argue in favour of a strategy similar to the one used against leukemia, which is targeted chemotherapy, associated with a targeted immune treatment. This would make it possible to destroy the cells containing a virus, while giving the immune system time to regenerate with healthy cells," says Dr. Rafick-Pierre Skaly, a professor at the Universit de Montral, researcher at the Centre Hospitalier de Universit de Montral (CHUM), director of INSERM 743 and scientific director of the... (EurekAlert!)
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today new data showing that a one-time administration of its lead product GlyberaTM results in significant long-term health benefits ... Excess chylomicrons result in recurrent and severe acute inflammation of the pancreas, called pancreatitis, the most debilitating complication of LPLD. In the second trial it was observed that the... (PR Newswire)
"It's really gene therapy for insects," says Dr. David O'Brochta, who heads the Maryland university's novel laboratory and, with government funding, is creating both bug types. It's a change in philosophy, and O'Brochta cautions that it's far from clear that any of the mosquito research will pan out. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Mulligan is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative, according to Harvard University s Web site. Biogen said shareholders rejected several of Icahn s other proposals, including moving the company s incorporation from Delaware to North Dakota, a move that Icahn said would give more power to shareholders. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Their breakthrough is a big step toward showing that stem cells and gene therapy can cure genetic disease in humans. "We haven't cured a human being, but we have cured a cell," Salk Institute professor Juan-Carlos Izpisa Belmonte told the San Diego Union-Tribune. (Fresno Bee)
LA JOLLA ---- Gene therapy promised to cure diseases by introducing working genes to replace broken ones ... But Salk Institute scientists have showed in principle how to make gene therapy work ---- by combining it with a new stem cell technology ... The Salk scientists used standard gene therapy techniques to repair cells from patients with Fanconi anemia, a disorder that produces abnormal red blood cells. (North County Times)
Stem cell technology boosts gene therapy, Salk scientists find : North County Times - Californian 06-01-2009 ... Stem cell technology boosts gene therapy, Salk scientists find ... LA JOLLA ---- Gene therapy promised to cure diseases by introducing working genes to replace broken ones. (North County Times)
Combined Stem Cell-Gene Therapy Approach Cures Human Genetic Disease In Vitro ... Combined Stem Cell-Gene Therapy Approach Cures Human Genetic Disease In Vitro ... ScienceDaily (June 1, 2009) A study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured using a combination of gene therapy and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology. (Science Daily)
LA JOLLA, CAA study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured using a combination of gene therapy and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology ... After taking hair or skin cells from patients with Fanconi anemia, the investigators corrected the defective gene in the patients' cells using gene therapy techniques pioneered in Verma's... (EurekAlert!)
"By identifying patients at risk with low oxygen levels in prostate tumors, we're now able to build on this research and begin to explore novel treatment options for this small subset of patients. It's possible we'll find that these patients will do best with a combination of radiation therapy and other novel approaches, such as angiogenesis therapy (targeting blood vessels) or possibly even gene therapy. That's where our research is taking us next," says Dr. Movsas. "Non-invasive methods to... (Science Daily)
GAINESVILLE A dog born with a deadly disease that prevents the body from using stored sugar has survived 20 months and is still healthy after receiving gene therapy at the University of Florida putting scientists a step closer to finding a cure for the disorder in children ... D., a member of the Powell Gene Therapy Center and UF Genetics Institute, will present the findings at an American Society of Gene Therapy meeting this weekend in San Diego ... The goal of gene therapy is to restore... (EurekAlert!)
At the annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy (San Diego, CA, May 27 - 30). Vical's Executive Vice President of Product Development, Alain P. Rolland, Pharm. (Primezone Releases)
Researchers at the Powell Gene Therapy Center at the University of Florida have discovered that signals from the brain to the diaphragm the muscle that controls breathing are too weak to initiate healthy respiration in mouse models of the disease ... "For years what we have thought is principally a muscle disease may actually be caused by problems with signaling between the spinal cord and the muscle," said Dr. Barry Byrne, a UF pediatric cardiologist, a member of the UF Genetics Institute... (EurekAlert!)
6, 2008) Henry Ford Hospital is embarking on an expanded major clinical trial involving the use of gene therapy in combination with radiation therapy, to determine if the combined treatment is more effective. . (Science Daily)
But gene therapy has the potential to solve this problem, according to a perspective article from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center published in a recent issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell ... "Stem cell therapy offers enormous potential to treat and even cure serious diseases. But wayward stem cells can turn into a runaway train without a conductor. This is an issue that can be dealt with and we have the technology to do that in the form of gene... (Science Daily)
Gene Therapy Shows Promise ... This time, gene therapy developed in previous studies was used, causing the supporting cells again to migrate, but this time partially restoring the hearing to the guinea pigs ... This was the first demonstration of gene therapy that improved hearing in formerly deaf animals. (Suite101.com)
Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in areas such as stem cells, genetics and gene therapy, geriatrics, neuroscience, structural biology, cardiovascular medicine, transplantation medicine, infectious disease, obesity, cancer, psychiatry and public health -- and continue to delve ever deeper into the molecular basis of disease and social determinants of health in an effort to unlock the mysteries of the human body in health and sickness... (EurekAlert!)
17, 2006) MIT scientists are reporting synthesis and laboratory tests of a promising new group of degradable polymer delivery vehicles for gene therapy. The polymers are improved versions of materials first. (Science Daily)
ScienceDaily (May 19, 2009) Gene therapy offers hope in treating diseases such as cystic fibrosis and disorders of the retina, as well as with more common illnesses such as AIDS, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (for example, Parkinson s or Alzheimer s) ... These particles, more or less the size of one micron and with a positive surface charge, are capable of transporting genes to the interior of the cells and enable the transport of nucleic acids ADN or ARN in order to be used in gene... (Science Daily)
The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Gene therapy gives individual odds ranging from 10 to 25 percent. Q & A library. (MSNBC -- Health)
Eventually, he will attend graduate school, likely studying microbial genetics or gene therapy. Despite all the successes, college also presented its challenges. (Missoulian, MT)
At first, like many other parents, she concentrated on possible cures, like stem cell research and gene therapy. "But then I realized, what is that going to do for us if we can't take care of these kids today?" she said. (Boston Globe)
AMSTERDAM, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today the treatment of the first patient in a preregistration clinical trial with Glybera(TM). This gene therapy product targets lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD), a seriously debilitating and potentially lethal disease ... AMT has a unique gene therapy platform that to date appears to circumvent many if not all of the obstacles that have... (PR Newswire)
In the future, it may be possible to use a variety of therapies (possibly including gene therapy) to manipulate the expression of the CD24 molecules on cells to promote even more rapid healing. This may mean less scarring, bowel obstruction and fistulation and less chance of developing tumours resulting from persistent inflammation. (Science Daily)
(June 2, 2006) Using state-of-the-art gene therapy techniques, University of Pittsburgh investigators have successfully prevented the onset of elevated blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, in diabetes-prone mice by. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's cells resulting in a cure or a therapeutic effect. In recent years, it has been shown that gene therapy is a promising technology to treat or even cure several fatal diseases for which there is no attractive alternative therapy ... Gene therapy can be used for hereditary diseases, but also for other diseases that affect heart, brain and even for cancer. (EurekAlert!)
19, 2006) A group of Northwestern University researchers is developing a novel gene therapy aimed at selectively turning off one of the genes involved in the development of Parkinson's. (Jan. (Science Daily)
5-million research budget in his new position as scientific director of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Florida, but will also keep a lab going at the University of Montreal ... His new job is to set up a Florida-based expansion of Oregon Health and Science University's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute ... Jay Nelson, the director of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Portland, Oregon, said in a statement that it was a coup to get Dr. S. (Globe and Mail)
" Preventing and treating cancerous tumors will continue to be central to cancer treatment strategy, he adds. But soon, we may begin to see new strategies aimed at disarming the real killer: metastatic disease. ### Weill Cornell Medical College Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University's medical school located in New York City, is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine, locally, nationally and globally. Weill... (EurekAlert!)
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