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1,061 results for: GENE THERAPY
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Venom hunters
Scientists probe toxins, revealing the healing powers of biochemical weapons.
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Little by Little
As food allergies proliferate, new strategies may help patients ingest their way to tolerance.
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Broken Symmetry
Scientists seek mechanisms explaining development of the body’s left-right pattern.
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The Why of Sleep
Brain studies may reveal the purpose of a behavior both basic and mystifying.
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Sleep Gone Awry
Researchers inch closer to causes, cures for insomnia, narcolepsy.
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Let there be light
New technology illuminates neuronal conversations in the brain
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Stomach’s Sweet Tooth
Turns out taste is not just for the tongue.
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Fat chance
Scientists are working out ways to rev up the body’s gut-busting machinery.
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Cancer’s little helpers
Tiny pieces of RNA may turn cells to the dark side.
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The unusual suspects
With no obvious culprit in sight, geneticists do broader sweeps to identify autism’s causes.
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2010 Science News of the Year: Body & Brain
Credit: © Bettmann/Corbis Gene therapy moves forward Despite their promise, technologies to correct defective genes have been plagued by safety problems leading to unintended — and sometimes fatal — outcomes. But scientists are inching toward safer, more effective gene therapies that may one day treat a range of diseases, from psychiatric disorders to autoimmune diseases […]
