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DNA biochip for genetic screening

...reen for the genes linked to breast cancer, cystic fibrosis or prostate cancer, for example,” says Xiaolian Gao, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Houston. “This highly parallel technology allows us to do thousands or tens of thousands of experiments all at once.” She says the quality, suitab...

Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease in which the body's mucus ...oving us slightly closer to a treatment for cystic fibrosis that modifies the abnormal gene that causes the disease. Working with mice, scientists have restor...

Burden of lung disease

...ulmonary disorder(COPD), asthma, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis and sleep apnoea. There are some 30 or 40 respiratory conditions. As a result, lung disease, on the whole, has not been high enough up the government’s list of priorities. Lung cancer, which accounts for a quarter of lung disease cases, has overtak...

Compressed DNA aids gene patients

...The advance which is now being tried out on cystic fibrosis patients, may allow the modified genes to slip rig...un involving human patients, suffering from cystic fibrosis also. This disorder, which involves faulty production of the mucus which lines the lungs, is caused ...

Bacterial discovery may help CF patients

...benefits from preventing lung infections in cystic fibrosis sufferers to cleaner contact lenses.// The discove...iotics and the body's own immune response. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease characterized by the build up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs and pancreas, ...

Myostatin gene could hold the key to treatment for DMD

...act myostatin gene and the offspring also had less fibrosis (the replacement of muscle by fat and connective t...th in their leg muscles, and less degeneration and fibrosis of their respiratory muscles, when compared to untreated mice. They also had lower blood levels of c...

Genetic Pills A Future Thought

...romise of curing diseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis or Parkinson's disease by replacing damaged or missing genes. Most approaches have used some kind of genetically modified virus to carry the DNA into the cell. But safety issues have been raised about that approach. When the lipid/DNA globule is ta...

Surprising Cystic Fibrosis Finding That Could Be A Helpful Treatment Option

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease where the patient has frequent respiratory infections, breathing difficulties and eventually permanent lung damage. // It’s believed that patients with CF have too much mucus in their airways. But new research shows patients actu...

Gleevec for Lung Disease

Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease that, according to t...tion for its success in treating leukemia. Because fibrosis and cancer share some of the mechanisms of the development of the disease, Dr. Lasky says doctors th...

The Drug Tetrathiomolybdate Found To Be Useful For Various Diseases

...ine overaction. Diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and kidney diseases are all dependent on certain chemical messengers, cytokines, that overstimulate, overreact to injury, and cause too much scarring, too much fibrosis, and it occurred to us that that pathway might be inhibited by lowering copper. ...

Asbestos Exposure Associated With An Increased Risk For Autoimmune Disease

...os exposure has long been associated with cancers, fibrosis and other diseases. Based on findings of a recent study researchers say // exposure to asbestos may lay the groundwork for future autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Researchers examined 50 residents from Libby, ...

The Use Of Colistin To Treat Cystic Fibrosis Questioned

...troversial drug used to treat infections in cystic fibrosis patients is effective. Researchers administered colistin and a placebo to 24 children between the ages of 5 and 18 to see if the subjects would experience negative side effects. After inhaling the colistin, children in the study experienced a reduct...

Approval for DNA test to detect cystic fibrosis

...ut are the carriers of the genetic strain. Cystic fibrosis is disease of genetic origin that causes the body ...d cause serious problems of food digestion. Cystic fibrosis is expressed as a disease in a child when he inherits the faulty genes from both the parents. The...

Severe sleep apnea can cause liver problems

...f the liver enzymes and may result in hepatitis or fibrosis of liver. On looking into the health records of 163 people with suspected obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, patients with severe condition of the syndrome were also insulin resistant. Results of the study show that people with severe sleep apnea ma...

Cystic fibrosis patients may require a new treatment for bacterial infection

Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis often gets bacterial infections from the bacteria ...fect the patient in a permanent infection. Cystic fibrosis is disease of genetic origin that causes the body to produce thick mucus that affects the lungs and ...

Need for anti-fungal treatment for asthma

...t it can also help patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis and chronic sinusitis, with nasal polyps. The study is currently going on with small number of patients already enrolled and is expected to end by 2006. The researchers are hopeful that their study will bring to light the effectiveness of fungal tre...

Japanese And Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies Join Together In Drug Testing

...ds produced by GNI, such as new compounds for lung fibrosis and lung injury, such as damage from cancer radiotherapy, will be tested by china. China has about 300 million smokers and air pollution is high causing damaged lungs, which offers good atmosphere for testing of this new compound. Ames Gross, Presi...

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

...with a family history of conditions such as cystic fibrosis or Down syndrome to screen embryos and implant only those that do not carry the disease-causing genes in the mother's uterus. The test can also detect any chromosomal abnormalities that may affect an embryo's chance of survival once it has been impla...

Sperm stem cells could be an alternative to embryonic stem cells in future

...o correct genetic defects in humans such as cystic fibrosis in the near future...

New Therapy Discovered By Scientists For Cystic Fibrosis

...for lung problems which are associated with cystic fibrosis that they say may reduce the use of antibiotics. C... used the aerosol to treat a small group of cystic fibrosis patients. They found that it significantly improved mucus clearance, lung function and breathing sym...

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