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Gene Therapy Skin Grafts Save Boy With Rare Disease
NBCNews.com But there was another option: an experimental skin graft made using gene therapy to correct the faulty DNA that gave the boy his delicate, blister-prone skin. It worked. The graft replaced 80 percent of Hassan’s skin, and he’s back at school, leading a … Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying BoyNew York Times Gene–Therapy Grafts Have Repaired a Child’s Devastating Skin DisorderMIT Technology Review New gene therapy technique saves boy’s life by growing new skinEngadget Snopes.com –The Hindu –JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association –Genetics Home Reference – NIH all 125 news articles » |
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Researchers report findings on the effects of fat on stem cells
Medical Xpress The study examined how the type of fat a person consumes may determine whether stem cells are converted into bone cells or fat cells. It’s the third peer-reviewed journal article Skinkle has co-authored since joining the lab as a freshman and working … |
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Researchers report findings on the effects of fat on stem cells
Medical Xpress The study examined how the type of fat a person consumes may determine whether stem cells are converted into bone cells or fat cells. It’s the third peer-reviewed journal article Skinkle has co-authored since joining the lab as a freshman and working … |
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Happening Today: Trump in China, Church Shooting, Gene Therapy, Kevin Spacey
NBC New York He had a rare, incurable skin disease called junctional epidermolysis bullosa, caused by genetic mutations. To fix that, the doctors took a small piece of the boy’s skin from an area that was OK. In total, they grew close to a square meter of skin. The … |
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Researchers find way to improve immunotherapy drugs’ impact while limiting side effects
News-Medical.net By 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, a research team based at the University of Chicago found a way to improve the … |
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Researchers find way to improve immunotherapy drugs’ impact while limiting side effects
News-Medical.net By 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, a research team based at the University of Chicago found a way to improve the … |