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Results of world's first gene therapy trial for arthritis show approach safe, feasible

...hin arthritic joints. At a time when setbacks have cast doubt on the future of gene therapy, the results also provide assurance that it can be performed without causing undue harm to patients. The clinical trial, which was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine between 1996 and 1999...

No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved

...hat the formidable scientific challenges that have cast doubt on gene therapy ever being feasible for children with muscular dystrophy can be overcome. Moreover, their results, published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), indicate that a single tre...

Identification of specific genes predicts which patients will respond to Hepatitis C treatment

...and CEO of the Structural Genomics Consortium. "We cast a very wide net, looking at 19,000 genes of each of the patients." The researchers found that the difference between those patients who did not respond to therapy to those who did was a subset of 18 genes. In the non-responders to treatment, 16 gene...

Scientists use manufacturing methods to reconstruct mastodon

...ever found, near Saline, Mich., in 1992. A 40-foot cast of the trackway is on display at the museum. "Dan Fisher is an internationally renowned scientist, but his work is very accessible; it's not something esoteric that you need a Ph.D. to understand," said museum director Amy Harris. "The expanded exhi...

Human Eggs Can Develop From Ovarian Surface Cells In Vitro

...in vitro fertilization and stem cell research, and cast doubt on the established dogma on the fetal origin of eggs in adult human ovaries. It is now well established that fetal mammalian eggs originate from somatic stem cells. More recent research of adult human ovaries has shown that oocytes and granulo...

New project aims to make large-scale lobster farms feasible

...ll-scale lobster culturing has been possible using cast off parts of conch and other species from seafood processing plants and elsewhere, but this is not an economic option at larger scales. A final goal of the new project will be to determine if increased availability of lobster might make higher-value ...

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