Gene therapy helps dogs with muscle dystrophy, humans next? – Jamaica Observer
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Gene therapy helps dogs with muscle dystrophy, humans next?
Jamaica Observer PARIS, France (AFP) — Researchers have used gene editing to reverse symptoms in dogs of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) — a muscle-wasting and life-shortening disease that affects one in 5,000 baby boys. The dogs’ symptoms remained in check … |
Reader’s Digest |
Doctors Used This Teen’s Own Cells to Cure Her Leukemia—but They Almost Killed Her First
Reader’s Digest One of these trials was the CAR–T cell therapy, a new type of stem cell therapy with proven success in achieving remission for patients with leukemia. Doctors collect and then modify a patient’s own immune cells so that they recognize the cancer cells … |
Baltimore Sun |
University of Maryland scientists research gene linked to depression
Baltimore Sun Lobo’s team was able to use gene therapy, a form of therapy in the early stages of being studied in humans, in the mice to boost the gene’s activity. The mice were exposed to larger, more aggressive mice, which usually causes depressive symptoms. But … |
Singularity Hub |
The Era of Human Gene Editing Is Here—What Happens Next Is Critical
Singularity Hub But supporters of synthetic biology talk up huge potential long-term benefits. We could, they claim, potentially edit genes and build new ones to eradicate all hereditary diseases. With genetic alterations, we might be able to withstand anthrax attacks … If you could ‘design’ your own child, would you? | Stuff.co.nzStuff.co.nz First Human Embryos Edited in USMIT Technology Review |