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1,056 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. Physicists join immune fight

    Principles beyond biology may help explain how the body battles infection.

    By Susan Gaidos

  2. Worming Your Way to Better Health

    To battle autoimmune disease and allergy, scientists tune in to the tricks of parasites.

    By Nathan Seppa

  3. Cerebral Delights

    The amygdala, a part of the brain known for its role in fear, also helps people spot rewards — and go after them.

    By Susan Gaidos
  4. Life

    Dining In

    A process called autophagy, is a means of self-preservation, cleansing and stress management for a cell.With their sights on fighting disease, scientists are now uncovering the mechanics that keep autophagy in balance.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  5. Crushing Cancer’s Defenses

    Vaccine approval offers hope while other armies muster.

    By Daniel Strain
  6. Health & Medicine

    Going Under

    While every anesthetic drug has its own effect, scientists know little about how the various versions work on the brain to transport patients from normal waking awareness to dreamless nothingness.

    By Susan Gaidos
  7. Health & Medicine

    Neuron Savers: Gene therapy slows Alzheimer’s disease

    Putting extra copies of the gene for a cellular growth factor into the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease appears to slow the degenerative condition.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    Cancer Switch: Good gene is shut off in various malignancies

    A gene called Reprimo is shut down in several cancers but rarely in healthy cells.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Life

    Blood clotting disorder blocked in dogs

    Gene therapy stopped severe bleeding in dogs with the blood clotting disorder hemophilia.

    By Ashley Yeager
  10. Neuroscience

    Gene that boosts Alzheimer’s risk might protect against it too

    Carrying certain genetic versions of apolipoprotein E is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. A new study looks at the effects of different types of APOE on the major markers of Alzheimer’s in mice and shows that all forms are not equal.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  11. Health & Medicine

    Categorizing Cancers: Gene activity predicts leukemia outcome

    By dividing acute myeloid leukemia into subtypes on the basis of which genes are abnormally active in a given patient, doctors may be able to predict outcomes and make better treatment decisions.

    By Ben Harder
  12. Health & Medicine

    Gene Delivery: Mouse study shows new therapy may reverse muscular dystrophy

    A single defective gene causes muscular dystrophy, and researchers have now found a way to deliver a working copy of that gene to the entire muscular system in mice.

    By Carrie Lock