May 29, 2024 Bioengineers report that a foaming liquid worked better than a standard liquid formulation at transferring gene therapy components to cells in laboratory …
Apr. 30, 2024 In an effort to improve delivery of costly medical treatments, a team of researchers in electrical engineering has developed a stimulating method that could make the human body more receptive to …
Apr. 24, 2024 In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for Timothy syndrome, an often life-threatening and rare genetic disorder that affects a wide range …
Apr. 22, 2024 Clarifying the cause of a skin disease led to the discovery of a new disease-causing gene, a new category of diseases, and new perspectives for both counseling and therapy. The discovery is the first …
Apr. 16, 2024 A recent breakthrough study has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from lung …
Apr. 10, 2024 New research sheds light on the significance of the glucocorticoid receptor in drug-resistant prostate cancer, showing that the development of drug resistance could be prevented by limiting the …
Apr. 4, 2024 Researchers have succeeded in correcting a gene defect that causes a hereditary liver disease and its adverse effects on …
Mar. 21, 2024 Researchers have discovered that a specific mutation in the cancer cells of an aggressive type of blood cancer can prevent novel immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell therapy from working. Their study …
Mar. 6, 2024 A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular …
Mar. 5, 2024 Researchers who work with tiny drug carriers known as lipid nanoparticles have developed a new type of material capable of reaching the lungs and the eyes, an important step toward genetic therapy …
Mar. 4, 2024 In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as …
Feb. 23, 2024 A new study identified a set of 140 genes that may help predict enhanced disease-free survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with a combination of immunotherapy and …
Feb. 2, 2024 A group of patients with a hereditary disorder have had their lives transformed by a single treatment of a breakthrough gene-editing therapy, according to the lead …
Jan. 17, 2024 Axi-cel CAR T targets the CD19 molecule on large B-cell lymphoma cells. The ZUMA-7 trial demonstrated that axi-cel reduced the risk of disease progression, the need for new therapy, or death by 60% …
Jan. 2, 2024 Just like a doctor adjusts the dose of a medication to the patient’s needs, the expression of therapeutic genes, those modified in a person to treat or cure a disease via gene therapy, also …
Dec. 13, 2023 A previously mysterious small RNA molecule in mice is found to play a crucial role in gene expression, and may be the first identified member of a new class of regulatory …
Dec. 7, 2023 Researchers have laid the foundation for the development of a gene therapy for the genetic heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). Their approach, based on replacement of the PKP2 gene, …
Nov. 22, 2023 Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children. Treatment involves intensive chemotherapy, which has severe side effects due to its non-specific mode of action. A team has now discovered a …
Nov. 16, 2023 Researchers have discovered that ‘cell competition’ following gene therapy results in the accumulation of stem cells with genetic mutations which make them grow faster. Some of these …
Nov. 1, 2023 Many hidden genetic variations can be detected with Chameleolyser, a new method. The information is already yielding new patient diagnoses and may also lead to the discovery of as yet unknown disease …
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