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1,058 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. Genetics

    Cloning-like method targets mitochondrial diseases

    Providing healthy ‘power plants’ in donor egg cells appears feasible in humans, a new study finds.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Life

    Building the body electric

    Eyes can be grown in a frog’s gut by changing cells’ electrical properties, scientists find, opening up new possibilities for generating and regenerating complex organs.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Gene therapy helps counter hemophilia B

    Treatment enables cells to produce a key blood-clotting compound, allowing some patients to quit medication.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Life

    Drugs activate dormant gene

    A compound that blocks DNA unwinding can spur production of a critical brain protein in mice, leading to hope for a therapy for Angelman syndrome.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    Old cancer drugs offer new tricks

    Drugs that reboot genetic programming make tumor cells more susceptible to cancer-killing therapy.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Life

    Stem cell treatment spurs cartilage growth

    A small molecule called kartogenin prompts the manufacture of lost connective tissue in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Life

    Daytime anesthesia gives bees jet lag

    Honeybees, as stand-ins for surgery patients, show drug’s aftereffects as biorhythms get out sync.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Health & Medicine

    19th International AIDS Conference

    Highlights from the AIDS meeting, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.

    By Science News
  9. Health & Medicine

    Superbug: What makes one bacterium so deadly

    A molecule that pierces immune cells gives some aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria their fearsome virulence.

    By Sarah Williams

  10. Flawed Stem Cells Yield Fragile X Clues: Researchers study genetic disorder via discarded embryos

    The most common inherited cause of mental retardation arises when a mutated gene is shut down early in embryonic development.

    By Brian Vastag

  11. Hold the Embryos: Genes turn skin into stem cells

    Scientists have found a way to convert a person's skin cells directly into stem cells without creating and destroying embryos.

    By Patrick Barry
  12. Health & Medicine

    Sickle Save: Skin cells fix anemia in mice

    Using a new technique to turn skin cells into stem cells, scientists have corrected sickle cell anemia in mice.

    By Brian Vastag