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Hepatitis C drug tested in chimps
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago
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An experimental drug to treat hepatitis C has worked in chimpanzees, a study in the journal Science Express reports. Unlike other antiviral drugs that attack the virus, the experimental drug targets a small RNA molecule in the liver that hepatitis C needs...
Tags: experimental drug, showing promise, San Antonio, Health Medical Pharma, Microbiology, Hepatitis C, Antivirals, Ribavirin, Gastroenterology, Viruses, Virus, Antiviral drug, Hepatitis C/co-infection with HIV, Cirrhosis, Gene therapy, Hepatology, Hepatitis, Interferon, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis D, Triazoles
Gene therapy offers hope for diseases such as MD
Washington :: DC :: USA | 24 days ago
Credibility A gene-therapy experiment in monkeys has shown the ability to boost muscle size and strength, giving hope to those looking for treatments for muscular dystrophy and other diseases that cause muscle loss and weakness. The study was led by Brian Kaspar...
Nanoparticles could damage DNA at a distance
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Nanoparticles of metal can damage the DNA inside cells even if there is no direct contact between them, scientists have found. The discovery provides an insight into how the particles might exert their influence inside the body and points to possible...
Tags: gene therapy, brain disease, Lorenzo, fatal brain, Patrick Aubourg
Gene therapy repairs lungs for transplant
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 month ago
Credibility Canadians who feel ill should defer their travel plans until they're better, federal health officials say in releasing new swine flu guidelines. In pioneering research, Canadian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to repair damaged lungs from...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gene therapy successful on a blindness
Hadley :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Sun, Oct. 25, 2009 Gene therapy successful on a blindness Inquirer Staff Writer Corey Haas used to need a high schooler to accompany him on the soccer field, to point out where the ball was. Whenever the 9-year-old played with his Lego blocks, he had...
Tags: gene therapy
BBC News: Eye gene therapy boost for young
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility US doctors treating 12 patients with a rare genetic eye disorder were able to significantly improve vision in the youngest. The study, published in The Lancet, builds on work carried out by doctors at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital. The eye is proving...
Tags: gene therapy, LCA, called leber, congenital amaurosis
Phytopharm soars 340% on drug trial
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility The biotechnology minnow Phytopharm received a huge share price boost yesterday after announcing that early trials of its potential Parkinson's disease treatment had produced impressive results. Phytopharm's shares closed up 339.6 per cent at 26.95p...
Tags: gene therapy, Parkinson
'Gene cure' for colour blindness
Paris :: ME :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Watch the squirrel monkey 'cured' of colour blindness Scientists say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy. A US team were able to restore full colour vision to adult monkeys born without the ability to distinguish between...
Tags: colours blind, gene therapy, Paris
How using nanotechnology on food and skin-care products affects your health
Nanotechnology is being used to process and create food and cosmetics with the use of nanoparticles. It's about the manipulation of materials thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. Why are nano particles put in food to make it tastier? ...
Tags: nano particles in food, cosmetics, nano technology, gene therapy, nano particles risk or improvement in food?
Study Suggests Gene Therapy May Enable Blind to See
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility University of Florida College of Medicine Surgeons apply doses of corrective genes to the eyes of a blind volunteer. Scientists believe the brain of a blind woman rewired itself and enabled her to see after partial vision was restored to sections of...
Tags: gene therapy
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