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Gene Therapy Defined
The insertion of normal or genetically altered genes into cells usually to replace defective genes. Sometimes used in the treatment of genetic disorders.
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New NICE Guidelines Are Set To Reduce Premature Deaths In People Who Have Inherited High Cholesterol
Published August 28, 2008, 5:15 am, Medical News Today
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care have today (27 August 2008) published a guideline on the care and treatment of adults and children/young people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a type of high cholesterol that is caused by an inherited genetic mutation.
2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Awards $14,000 To Oncology Fellows
Published August 28, 2008, 5:13 am, Medical News Today
Organizers of the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium announced the winners of the Symposium Merit Awards. Fourteen physicians-in-training will receive funding to assist with their travel to attend the Symposium, to be held September 5-7 in Washington, DC.
Book Reviews: 'Human' and 'Life in the Balance'
Published August 28, 2008, 3:53 am, International Herald Tribune
Michael S. Gazzaniga explores what makes humans unique, and Dr. Thomas Graboys writes a touching memoir about his own descent into Parkinson's disease.
Here's hope for the deaf
Published August 28, 2008, 2:33 am, rediff.com
An American team of scientists, lead by Dr John Brigande of the Oregon Hearing Research Centre, Portland, have show that by implanting a gene that regulates hair cell growth, Atoh1, into the mouse inner ear while the mouse is still in the womb, new hair cells are made.
Insulin created in 'flip' of cells
Published August 28, 2008, 1:32 am, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
CAMBRIDGE - In a feat of biological alchemy, Harvard University researchers have turned one type of cell found in the pancreas of mice into another that secretes the hormone insulin.
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Tech, Harvard work to stop spread of HIV
Published August 27, 2008, 8:51 pm, The Daily Toreador
Researchers may have gotten one step closer to finding a solution to the HIV epidemic. A group of Texas Tech and Harvard researchers have found a way to halt the spread of HIV through a new process called ribonucleic acid interference, or RNAi. "RNA interference is a new gene silencing mechanism," said Premlata Shankar, who conducted the research while she was at Harvard University, but ...
Lettuce May Help Millions Diagnosed With Diabetes
Published August 27, 2008, 7:56 pm, KLAS Las Vegas
It's likely in your fridge and now, scientists are studying it to help patients with type one diabetes. Now lettuce could soon help the millions of Americans diagnosed with this chronic disease.
First Gene Associated With Dry Macular Degeneration Found
Published August 27, 2008, 6:14 pm, Science Daily
In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease,scientists have made two important discoveries related to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 60.
First gene associated with dry macular degeneration found
Published August 27, 2008, 5:44 pm, UC Newsroom
Findings indicate possible adverse consequences to new RNA therapies.
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- Gene Therapy: Treating Disease by Repairing Genes: Gene Therapy: Treating Disease by Repairing Genes Product DetailsBook Publisher: Facts on File (October, 2004)ISBN: 0816049483Book author: Joseph, Ph.D. Panno Gene Therapy - rapidshare.com Pass: tFGETHER.rar
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