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1,083 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. Health & Medicine

    Looking beyond insulin

    Leptin gene therapy reverses many of the consequences of type 1 diabetes in mice and rats.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Stem cells, show your face

    As researchers develop ways of reprogramming adult cells, such as skin cells, to have the same flexibility as embryonic stem cells, this new test shows that the reprogrammed stem cells are truly capable of becoming any cell in the body.

    By Patrick Barry
  3. Health & Medicine

    Tripping up avian flu

    Developing an effective vaccine for avian flu has been difficult, but small rings of DNA that hinder virus replication could offer an alternative.

    By Patrick Barry
  4. Health & Medicine

    Vacillating stem cells

    Unsuspected, ever-changing variation among stem cells in bone marrow helps determine the development path the cells will follow during differentiation.

    By Patrick Barry
  5. Neuroscience

    Breaking the Barrier

    A technique combining ultrasound pulses with microbubbles may help scientists move therapeutic drugs across the brain’s protective divide.

    By Tia Ghose
  6. Life

    Frog builds toes, then legs

    A small frog appears to jump-start its skeletal development, turning on genes for building feet and toes before bothering to build its legs.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  7. Life

    Making T cells tougher against HIV

    Delivering small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, to human immune cells in mice protects the cells from HIV and suggests future therapy for patients.

    By Patrick Barry
  8. Life

    Brain boost

    Protein improves old rats’ ability to form new memories.

    By Patrick Barry

  9. Potent Promise: Essential Stemness

    Scientists move closer to understanding the dual fates of embryonic stem cells — to divide or develop.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Health & Medicine

    Let there be light

    Researchers report restoring vision to people with a rare, genetic form of blindness. A different technique helped blind mice see again and could bring back some sight in people with macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa or other blinding diseases.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Health & Medicine

    Breast density signals tamoxifen’s effectiveness

    Decreasing breast density signals the drug tamoxifen is working in women at risk of developing breast cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Stomaching diabetes

    A new way to treat diabetes could recruit cells in the gut to make insulin when the pancreas can’t.

    By Patrick Barry