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Viruses And ‘young Cuckoos’ Lead The Way In The Brain
Harmless viruses and genetic ‘young cuckoos’ are going to reveal the answers as to how the brain establishes where we are. The understanding of our sense of locality will be the first higher brain ...Common infant virus may trigger type 1 diabetes
Human parechovirus is a harmless virus which is encountered by most infants and displays few symptoms. Suspected of triggering type 1 diabetes in susceptible people, research methods need to take this ...Safety study indicates gene therapy for blindness improves vision
... a protein necessary for healthy vision. In the study, researchers used an adeno-associated virus — an apparently harmless virus that already exists in most people — to deliver RPE65 to a small area ...Gene therapy corrects sickle cell disease in laboratory study
... a harmless virus to insert a corrective gene into mouse blood cells, scientists at St. Jude ... gamma-globin into blood-forming cells using a harmless viral carrier. The researchers extracted the blood- ...Study in mice shows mechanisms behind immune responses to brain tumors
... study, after establishing brain tumors in mice, the researchers injected two harmless viruses into the tumors. One of these viruses successfully attracted dendritic cells into the brain; the other, ...Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy shows promise beyond safety
... evaluated the safety of a modified adeno-associated virus — an apparently harmless virus known as AAV that already exists in most people — as a vector to deliver the alpha-SG gene to muscle ...Study identifies biomarker that safely monitors tumor response to new brain cancer treatment
... the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute. It uses a genetically engineered, harmless virus to deliver a combination of proteins and a drug to kill tumor cells, which ...New genes at work in patients with hereditary lung disease
... In the clinical trial, three patients who received injections of a harmless virus containing copies of a correct gene for alpha-1 protein in their upper arms were able to produce trace ...Vision researchers see unexpected gain a year into blindness trial
... the University of Pennsylvania, and supported by the National Eye Institute, researchers used an apparently harmless virus that already exists in most people to deliver RPE65 to a small area of the ...
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