Search Results for: GENE THERAPY

1,061 results for: GENE THERAPY

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   Tech

   Hot Flashes, Cold Cuts

   By obliterating matter in a never-before-seen way, a new breed of lasers cuts everything from eyeballs to diamonds with unprecedented precision.

   By Peter WeissNovember 12, 2002

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   Health & Medicine

   In Silico Medicine

   Medical researchers are increasingly turning to computer simulations to help them understand the complexity of living systems, design better drugs, and treat patients more effectively.

   By Damaris ChristensenDecember 10, 2002

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   Science News of the Year 2002

   A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.

   By Science NewsDecember 17, 2002

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   Science News of the Year 2002

   A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.

   By Science NewsDecember 17, 2002

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   Chemistry

   Delivering the Goods

   Experimental gene-delivery therapies generally use viruses to shuttle genetic material into cells, but some researchers are devising ways to avoid using the sometimes-risky viruses.

   By Jessica GormanJanuary 14, 2003

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   Life

   All the World’s a Phage

   There are an amazing number of bacteriophages—viruses that kill bacteria—in the world.

   By John TravisJuly 7, 2003

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   Health & Medicine

   Blood Sugar Fix

   A new class of experimental drugs that mimic the actions of the hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 shows benefits against type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.

   By Nathan SeppaAugust 12, 2003

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   Health & Medicine

   Predicting Prostate Cancer’s Moves

   To guide treatment decisions in individual cases of prostate cancer, medical researchers are using gene-expression profiling and other novel techniques to develop better predictive markers of how a given tumor will behave.

   By Ben HarderAugust 19, 2003

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   Science & Society

   Science News of the Year 2003

   A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2003.

   By Science NewsDecember 16, 2003

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    Humans

    Science News of the Year 2003

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2003.

    By Science NewsDecember 16, 2003

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    Health & Medicine

    Inflammatory Fat

    Immune system cells may underlie much of the disease-provoking injury in obese individuals that has been linked to their excess fat.

    By Janet RaloffFebruary 23, 2004

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    Health & Medicine

    Born to Heal

    The controversial strategy of screening embryos to produce donors for siblings raises hopes and presents new ethical dilemmas.

    By Ben HarderMarch 6, 2004