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NewsGene therapy helps improve sight of the blind
Two new human trials of a gene therapy for inherited blindness have demonstrated that injecting replacement genes under the retinas of the blind can spur at least partial sight in some volunteers. In Read more...
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Research Technology An article in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease presents a detailed characterization of a new drug discovery tool for Alzheimer's disease. It demonstrates that an abnormal form Read more...
Biotechs use nanotech in pursuit of $100 sequencing bill
The bill on sequencing a genome has fallen from a few billion dollars to about $60,000 in just five years. And with most of the sequencing tech companies racing to be able to do it for Read more...
Cloned embryos offer possible Parkinson's cure
A team of Japanese and American scientists has used cloned embryos to produce the stem cells needed to cure symptoms of Parkinson's disease in mice. Using skin cells scraped from the tails of mice, Read more...
Scientists discover a new aging, lifespan mechanism
Manipulating insulin levels raises the level of the master gene-regulating protein SKN-1, significantly prolonging the lives of microscopic worms in one study. That study could point the way to new Read more...
Developers, geneticists brainstorm diabetes therapies
What do you get when you mix 20 drug developers active in the diabetes field with a room full of geneticists? Hopefully, a new generation of therapies that pinpoint subsets of the disease, each with Read more...
Gene therapy advance a better way to target genes
A team of scientists led by British Nobel laureate Sir Aaron Klug has advanced a new approach to gene therapy. The team has designed zinc-fingered nucleases that can recognize a specific sequence of Read more...
Genetic mutations slow aging process in centenarians
Forget those studies of long-lived Italian shepherds and Greek fishermen. It's not fresh air or exercise or a simple whole-foods diet that Read more...
Cancer drugs should be tailored to fit patient
In a study that may change the way that cancer drugs are developed and prescribed, a research group composed of Roche scientists and doctors at the prestigious Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston Read more...
Wellcome Trust plans spike in research spending
The UK's Wellcome Trust says it will pump up its research spending by 60 percent over the next five years as it ambitiously seeks a better understanding of diseases at a genetic level. The funding Read more...
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