News-Medical.netUChicago Medicine working with Novartis to offer breakthrough gene therapy for pediatric ALL patientsNews-Medical.netThe University of Chicago Medicine is one of a limited number of U.S. sites working to offer a breakthrough gene therap… Continue reading
Geek |
US Approves First Gene Therapy for Young Leukemia Patients
Geek U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment for children and young adults with leukemia. Cell-based gene therapy Kymriah—first of its kind in the United States—will be used to reprogram patients’ own cells to attack a deadly … |
Bioscience Technology |
Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders
Bioscience Technology Now a research team led by University of California scientists has used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR to find enhancers – not by editing them but by prompting them into action. As reported online Aug. 30, 2017, in Nature, a … |
Bioscience Technology |
Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders
Bioscience Technology Now a research team led by University of California scientists has used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR to find enhancers – not by editing them but by prompting them into action. As reported online Aug. 30, 2017, in Nature, a … |
Homeland Preparedness News |
Synthetic biology, biosecurity expert addresses Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Homeland Preparedness News Gigi Gronvall, a senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, recently spoke about the role of synthetic biology in national security at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s 100th Anniversary Speaker Series at Aberdeen Proving … |
Medical Xpress |
In utero stem cell transplants may replace riskier childhood transplants for multiple conditions
Medical Xpress Tippi MacKenzie, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, is the principal investigator for a clinical trial that will use in utero stem cell transplants to treat fetuses with an inherited disorder that … |
Scientific American |
Human Stem Cells Fight Parkinson’s Disease in Monkeys
Scientific American LONDON (Reuters)—Scientists have successfully used “reprogrammed” stem cells to restore functioning brain cells in monkeys, raising hopes the technique could be used in future to help patients with Parkinson’s disease. Since Parkinson’s is caused by a … Parkinson’s: Stem cells restore nerve function in monkeysMedical News Today Scientists are ready to treat Parkinson’s with stem cells — QuartzQuartz Trials to inject stem cells into brains of Parkinson’s patients could begin next yearTelegraph.co.uk Nature.com –The Times –The Independent all 28 news articles » |