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1,054 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Life

    DNA tweak no good for diabetics

    A genetic variation that increases levels of a blood-building protein also ups the risk of developing complications from diabetes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  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. Health & Medicine

    No babies, no hormones

    A radically different form of contraception would prevent pregnancies with small molecules of RNA.

    By Patrick Barry
  6. 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
  7. Chemistry

    HIV knockout

    Cutting a gene in immune cells could offer a new way to treat HIV infections.

    By Patrick Barry
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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