Novel approach could limit common complications of immunotherapyMedical XpressBy connecting highly effective cancer immunotherapy drugs such as anti-CTLA4 (ipilimumab) and anti-PD-L1 (atezolizumab) to peptides that bind to tissues in and around tumors,… Continue reading
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Gene–Therapy Grafts Have Repaired a Child’s Devastating Skin Disorder
MIT Technology Review Small patches of skin had been repaired this way before, but Jean Tang, a physician and associate professor of dermatology at Stanford, says this is the largest amount of skin that has been reconstructed by gene therapy to date. Tang and her colleagues … |
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Genetically modified skin grown from stem cells saved a 7-year-old boy’s life
Washington Post Scientists reported Wednesday that they genetically modified stem cells to grow skin that they successfully grafted over nearly all of a child’s body — a remarkable achievement that could revolutionize treatment of burn victims and people with skin … A boy with a rare disease gets new skin, thanks to gene-corrected stem cellsScience Magazine ‘Extraordinary’ tale: Stem cells heal a young boy’s lethal skin diseaseSTAT Transgenic stem cells replace almost total organBioWorld Online WIRED –Genetic Literacy Project –Science News all 67 news articles » |
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‘Extraordinary’ tale: Stem cells heal a young boy’s lethal skin disease
STAT The German doctors reached out to Dr. Michele De Luca, an Italian stem cell expert who heads the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, to see if a transplant of genetically modified skin cells might be possible. |