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1,073 results for: GENE THERAPY
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Tumor Tell-All
Unraveling complex genetic stories in cancer cells may lead to personalized treatment.
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Another Side to Statins
Heart-healthy drugs show promise against inflammation, cancer and the flu.
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Letters
Bull’s-eye targeted On the picture in “Galactic bull’s-eye” (SN: 9/24/11, p. 10), I am quite puzzled. Do my eyes deceive me, or is there another bull’s-eye galaxy behind the first, located at the 1 o’clock position? How is this possible? Are these strange objects magically clustered along some line pointing towards us? Jeff Brewer, Newton […]
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A Spitting Image of Health
How saliva can help doctors diagnose disease.
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2010 Science News of the Year: Body & Brain
Credit: © Bettmann/Corbis Gene therapy moves forward Despite their promise, technologies to correct defective genes have been plagued by safety problems leading to unintended — and sometimes fatal — outcomes. But scientists are inching toward safer, more effective gene therapies that may one day treat a range of diseases, from psychiatric disorders to autoimmune diseases […]
- Life
Building the body electric
Eyes can be grown in a frog’s gut by changing cells’ electrical properties, scientists find, opening up new possibilities for generating and regenerating complex organs.
- Health & Medicine
Mutated gene cited in some ovarian cancers
The finding may help researchers devise a way to screen women with endometriosis for cancer risk.
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Lessons from the Torpid
Hibernators have some helpful tips for keeping humans healthy
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Crushing Cancer’s Defenses
Vaccine approval offers hope while other armies muster.
- Life
To researchers’ surprise, one Pseudomonas infection is much like the next
Consistent genetic changes in the lung bacteria that commonly plague cystic fibrosis patients are a welcome discovery because they may point to new treatment strategies.
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Blind mice see again
Researchers use a bacterial gene to cure blindness in mice.
