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Gene and Cell Therapy
With the goal of treating and curing disease, gene and cell therapy provide treatment by means of altering a person's genetic code and transferring live cells to improve symptoms and reduce levels of disease-causing proteins.
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SEP 22, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 16, 2016Cancer
In school most of us are taught that DNA is arranged as a double helix. The discovery of this basic structure, after all ...SEP 13, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Errors in DNA methylation are often found to be causative in different types of cancer, but scientists still do not know ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 12, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan ...SEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2016Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 30, 2016Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2016Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh ...AUG 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD, ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 02, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically ...JUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 16, 2016
Cancer
In school most of us are taught that DNA is arranged as a double helix. The discovery of this basic structure, after all
...
SEP 13, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in DNA methylation are often found to be causative in different types of cancer, but scientists still do not know
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 12, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan
...
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2016
Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 30, 2016
Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2016
Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh
...
AUG 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically
...
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch