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Scientists halt ALS using virus-delivered gene silencing therapy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
California [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have successfully managed to halt the onset and progression of ALS in the animal model using a gene silencing therapy. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a ne
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New technology allows gene therapy dose regulation
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): Scientists have engineered a special molecular mechanism that can be integrated into gene therapies to allow clinicians to control dosing.
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Gene therapy effective for treating wet age-related macular degeneration:
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): Recently developed gene therapy seems to be a promising alternative for treating one of the most common causes of blindness, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), claims a study.
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Now, gene therapy promotes nerve regeneration
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): A research conducted by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has shown that treatment using gene therapy leads to faster recovery after nerve damage.
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Novel gene therapy may store partial vision, suggests study
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], November 12 (ANI): A group of scientists have developed a new gene therapy that may help patients, who have lost their sight to an inherited retinal disease, to see well enough to navigate a maze.
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This therapy may restore sight to blind
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 04 (ANI): The British researchers have recently shown that gene therapy might reverse blindness by reprogramming cells at the back of the eye to become light sensitive.
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New find offers hope for some Hemophiliacs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 1 (ANI): A team of researchers has improved the vectors for delivering human factor VIII (hFVIII) gene therapy to treat Hemophilia A.
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Animal study paves way for treatment of Alzheimer's with gene therapy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 11 (ANI): In a recent research, scientists have prevented the development of Alzheimer's disease in mice by using a virus to deliver a specific gene into the brain, hence, opening avenues for potential new treatments of the disease.
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Non-invasive gene therapy could treat brain tumour
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led by an Indian neuroscientist, has developed a non-invasive gene therapy to treat brain tumour.
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