Category Archives: Gene therapy

Four researchers from UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have received Early Translational Research Awards totaling approximately $13 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency. The UCLA … Continue reading →

Shortly after a baby’s first wail at birth she or he receives a tiny prick on the heel. A few drops of blood are caught on special filter paper to screen for myriad diseases. [More]— Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source:http://rss.sciam.com/~r/sciam/topic/gene-therapy/~3/qJICV6zfIAo/article.cfm

Earlier this year Yaniv Erlich of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at M.I.T. sent bioethicists into a frenzy when he and his team uncovered the names of people whose anonymous genome…— Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source:http://rss.sciam.com/~r/sciam/topic/gene-therapy/~3/c3dvzwuFAUI/article.cfm

AbstractFew options are available for treating patients with advanced prostate cancer (PC). As PC is a slow growing disease and accessible by ultrasound, gene therapy could provide a viable option for this neoplasm. Conditionally replication?competent adenoviruses (CRCAs) represent potentially useful … Continue reading →

‘Grinder’ can listen to music player by wearing a loose wire coil around his neckDon’t offer Rich Lee a pair of headphones to listen to music: he’s already got a pair, even though you can’t see them. They’re implanted in … Continue reading →

When Google CEO Larry Page blogged about his struggles speaking and, at times, breathing last week on his Google+ page he spotlighted a rare condition, bilateral vocal cord paralysis , which leaves sufferers short of breath and with few viable … Continue reading →