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Researchers from Geron and the University of Washington have completed new animal studies that offer fresh evidence Read more...

Investigators have determined that a virus may play a key role in promoting obesity in some people. The researchers say that adenovirus-36--a well known respiratory virus--turns adult stem cells Read more...

Robin Ali, a professor of human molecular genetics at University College London, is leading the world's first human trial of a gene therapy for an eye condition. A total of 12 patients with Leber's Congenital Amaurocis are being treated in the trial. Their photoreceptor cells misfunction due to a faulty RPE65 gene. That is an extremely rare condition, but investigators say that if this trial works they'll be able to use a similar approach to treating about 100 single-gene sight disorders …

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Minorities may suffer disproportionately from a wide number of afflictions, but they are noticeably lacking among the ranks of the top research groups in the country. According to a recent survey, blacks make up 1 percent of the tenured and tenure-track researchers at the country's top 50 academic research centers. And that performance is reflected at the NIH, according to a …

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Doctors in the UK are preparing to begin a study to see whether injecting stem cells harvested from a patient's bone marrow can repair the damage on heart muscle inflicted by a heart attack. The injections will be given within five hours of a heart attack, a critical period in the eyes of investigators. Doctors will recruit 100 patients for the procedure, which will also include angioplasty to clear blocked arteries--a standard therapy in these cases. Earlier studies have demonstrated …

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