Adamas Pharmaceuticals presents study results of TCAD therapy in immunocompromised influenza A patients
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, announced today the results from the first clinical study evaluating triple combination antiviral drug (TCAD) therapy for the treatment of Continue Reading
‘Bubba Gene, bless your heart’
In trying to plant his tomatoes upside down, Terry Dickson ended up with his shirt and shoes full of dirt. We offer instead this insightful correspondence from Bubba Gene Hightower, mayor of Pond Continue Reading
A synthetic low-frequency mammalian oscillator
Circadian clocks have long been known to be essential for the maintenance of physiological and behavioral processes in a variety of organisms ranging from plants to humans. Dysfunctions that subvert Continue Reading
Head- and neck-cancer patients who continue to smoke during radiation therapy have poorer overall survival
Smokers who don't quit before radiation therapy for throat, mouth and other head and neck cancers fair significantly worse than those who do, research from the UC Davis Cancer Center has found. Continue Reading
Phase 1/2 clinical trial of TRC105 therapy initiated for patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer
TRACON Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that develops targeted therapies for oncology and ophthalmology, announced today that the National Cancer Institute has initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical Continue Reading
Pollin Pediatric Research Prize Awarded for Discovering Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Genetic Diseases
Drs. Roscoe O. Brady and Charles Robert Scriver are the recipients of the 2010 Pollin Prize in recognition of their discovery of the molecular and biochemical basis of genetic inborn errors of Continue Reading
Smoking May Be In Your Genes
Findings may someday help in development of prevention efforts, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Genes and Gene Therapy, Quitting Smoking (Source: MedlinePlus Health Continue Reading
Biomarker Studies Could Realize Goal of More Effective and Personalized Cancer Medicine
When President Richard Nixon launched the war on cancer in his January 1971 State of the Union, he called for "the same kind of concentrated effort that split the atom and took man to the Continue Reading
Current concepts and recent research findings on gene therapy for inner ear disorders
Gene therapy holds great potential for the treatment not only of genetic disorders, but also of many acquired diseases. This is as true for the inner ear as for any other organ. However, the Continue Reading
Researchers take major step to predict adverse drug reactions using genetic information
In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have taken a major step toward the ability to predict adverse drug reactions, using genetic, cellular, and clinical information to learn Continue Reading
Discovery Has Broad Implications In Wide Range Of Fields, Including Medical Gene Therapy And Bioengineering Of Crop Plants
Scientists have been working for more than a decade to understand how tiny molecules called microRNA regulate genes within cells. Now researchers have discovered that microRNA actually moves between Continue Reading
Enhanced growth inhibition of metastatic lung tumors by intravenous injection of ATRA-cationic liposome/IL-12 pDNA complexes in mice
Enhanced growth inhibition of metastatic lung tumors by intravenous injection of ATRA-cationic liposome/IL-12 pDNA complexes in mice Cancer Gene Therapy advance online publication, April 23, Continue Reading
Researchers Modify Virus To Hunt Down And Wipe Out Cancer Cells
Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a new way of modifying viruses to seek out and destroy cancer cells, according to research published in Gene Therapy today1 Continue Reading
The Role of HMGB1/RAGE in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy
Semin Thromb Hemost 2010; 36: 185-194DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251503ABSTRACTHeart failure is an increasingly prevalent disorder with considerable morbidity and mortality. Although many causal mechanisms Continue Reading
Modified viruses ‘can destroy cancer cells’
Development could lead to treatments tailored to different diseases, say research groupsViruses can be modified to seek out and destroy cancer cells, scientists said today. Laboratory tests at Leeds Continue Reading
Bleomycin/interleukin-12 electrochemogenetherapy for treating naturally occurring spontaneous neoplasms in dogs
Bleomycin/interleukin-12 electrochemogenetherapy for treating naturally occurring spontaneous neoplasms in dogs Cancer Gene Therapy advance online publication, April 23, 2010. Continue Reading
Cancer gene therapy ‘advance’
Scottish scientists say they may have taken a step forward in using gene therapy to treat tumours. Continue Reading
IL-10 Gene Therapy helps repair damaged lungs found unfit for transplant
Promising research brings hope for the almost two thousand lung transplant candidates who currently make up The United Network for Organ Sharing's (UNOS) wait list. A new technique that uses gene Continue Reading
New gene therapy to restore retinal cone function and day vision
Veterinary ophthalmology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to restore retinal cone function and day vision in two canine models of congenital achromatopsia, also Continue Reading
