MIT Technology ReviewWhen No Treatment Exists, Parents Turn to Gene Therapy to Save Their KidsMIT Technology ReviewAlison Frase remembers the first moment when she thought gene therapy had a chance of curing patients like her son Joshua of a rare genet… Continue reading
$119K Grant Awarded to Gene Therapy Project for Charcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseMuscular Dystrophy NewsResearchers have received $119,999 in funding to test the effectiveness of a gene therapy approach in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy X type 1 (CMTX1), the… Continue reading
American Academy of Ophthalmology Statement on Stem Cell Therapy for Treating Eye DiseasePR Newswire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights concerns tha… Continue reading
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A Cure for Clara: Gene therapy developed at Auburn University set for human trials
Alabama’s News Leader The gene therapy involves a single IV injection. A research cat named Cinnamon who was treated is now seven years old. Others have also been cured. “They could live a normal life span. Showing this treatment works in animals is the first step to see if … |
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Parsley and other plants lend form to human stem cell scaffolds
University of Wisconsin-Madison Human fibroblast cells, common connective tissue cells, growing on decellularized parsley. A team of UW–Madison researchers from the lab of bioengineering Professor William Murphy is exploring the use of plants to make the three-dimensional structures … Borrowing from nature: UW-Madison scientists use plants to grow stem cellsChippewa Herald |