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1,078 results for: GENE THERAPY

  1. Genetics

    A story about why people get fat may be just that

    In this issue, reporters look at efforts to find the genes that could be responsible for the obesity crisis and how evolution acts on diseases such as Ebola and tuberculosis.

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  2. Life

    Vagina bacteria make molecules that could be drugs

    Microbes on the human body are capable of producing thousands of small molecules that hold potential as drugs.

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  3. Genetics

    Debate rages over mouse studies’ relevance to humans

    Last year, researchers said rodents are not good mimics of human inflammation; a new study says the reverse.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Two-part vaccine protects monkeys from Ebola

    An experimental vaccine protected macaques from infection with the Ebola virus up to 10 months after receiving the two-shot regimen.

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  5. Neuroscience

    The molecular path of best resilience

    Many studies focus on susceptibility to stress and how it triggers depression. But a new study highlights a protein important in resilience, showing that resisting stress takes work, too.

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  6. Genetics

    Monkeys born with edited genes

    A DNA-snipping technique inspired by bacteria shows therapeutic promise.

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  7. Life

    Gene therapy treats children with rare diseases

    Six kids are healthy, up to three years after treatment.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Mighty muscles may stave off depression

    Strong muscles protect the brain from stress-induced toxin associated with depression, a study in mice suggests.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Nanoparticle injection blocks breast cancer growth in mice

    A nanoparticle-based therapy delivered directly to the mammary ducts could potentially stop pre-cancerous cells from becoming full-blown breast cancer, scientists say.

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  10. Life

    Common lung infection suffocates with single protein

    A Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, protein creates clumps of dead, bloblike lung cells.

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  11. Life

    Blood clotting disorder blocked in dogs

    Gene therapy stopped severe bleeding in dogs with the blood clotting disorder hemophilia.

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  12. Genetics

    People’s genes welcome their microbes

    In mice and humans, genetic variants seem to control the bacterial mix on and in bodies.

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