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MeiraGTx Expanding Gene Therapy Research for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s – Parkinson’s News Today

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2016-12-28 NEWS

MeiraGTx Expanding Gene Therapy Research for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s News Today
MeiraGTx will expand its neurodegenerative disease gene therapy pipeline to include Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recent research has focused on the idea that misfolded proteins play a critical role in damaging neuronal

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Gene Therapy Maintains Near-Normal Levels of Clotting Factor in Hemophilia B
Specialty Pharmacy Times
Included in the trial were 9 adults with hemophilia B, aged 18 to 52 years. Participants were administered a single dose of an experimental gene therapy product engineered to enter the patients’ liver cells and direct the production of the blood

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Scientists use magnetic stem cells to fight cancer
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“Mesenchymal stem cells are inherently able to migrate toward tumors,” Alexander Timin, JRF at the Novel Dosage Laboratory, RASA Center at TPU, said in a press release. “They also can differentiate under control into mesodermal cell types of bone, fat, …
Magnetic stem cells for gene engineeringEurekAlert (press release)

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