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Researchers flag new cancer therapy that guards p53
Scientists in Scotland say that they have identified a chemical group that can protect the p53 gene, a guardian against cancer tumors which is damaged or turned off in most cancer cases. They believe Read more...
Gene 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...
Mouse model advances research into common cold
Researchers targeting new treatments for the common cold can now look forward to getting help from a new mouse model for the ailment. Small animal studies for cold therapies had been impossible. Read more...
Scientists probe key to memory enhancement
Scientists at McGill University are researching the effects of a gene linked to memory enhancement in hopes of developing a new therapy that could be used to improve memory in healthy people as well as treat dementia. In animal studies, researchers found that mice with a defective version of the gene were able to learn faster than others while enhancing the gene's effect was linked to memory impairment. The gene produces a protein that inhibits the physical response associated with …
Read more...Endocannabinoids effective in treating Parkinson's
Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain may point to a treatment for Parkinson's disease. In a study to be published in the February 8 issue of Nature, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine report that endocannabinoids, naturally occurring chemicals found in the brain that are similar to the active compounds in marijuana and hashish, helped trigger a dramatic improvement in mice with a condition similar to Parkinson's.
"The dopamine drug alone did a …
Read more...New approach to vaccine development
The Guardian covers the development of a new generation of virus-vectored vaccines that promise to take on a number of diseases like malaria. Instead of a traditional approach using weakened virus to produce antibodies that fight disease, researchers are adding the genetic code of molecules into the DNA of the virus. That approach is believed to be more effective in …
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