Therapeutic Genes Transferred By Viral Vector Through T Cell Masking
Dr. Richard Vile, Mayo Clinic Molecular Immunologist and his team has found a new virus based gene therapy delivery system for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. The new delivery system acts as a “T // cell Therapeutic hitchhiker”, by which the Therapeutic virus containing the required genes are transferred into the T cells in the immune system, as the T cells...Risk of heart disease is genetically transferred
Professor Joanne Murabito and team have reported that the risk of heart disease increased in middle aged adults who have their siblings with heart disease.// Though earlier reports have shown that the risk of heart disease is genetically susceptible and risk increases if parents have heart disease, but this study has shown a 45% increased risk of heart disease in adults if their siblings...Smoking Hazard transferred to children from father
Starting smoking at a small age affects your health and moreover also affects the health of your children reports survey from various studies//. Scientists have found that smoking causes change in your genes and these epigenetic changes are also transferred to your children’s and even to your grand children’s. Nicotine in cigarette is responsible for increasing the blood pressure causing...600 Doctors Transferred in Punjab
Nearly 600 doctors spread over various districts of Punjab have been transferred by the health department, leaving the medical community in the state fuming.// The transfer of these doctors in all 18 districts comes just weeks after the state government imposed a ban on general transfers in all departments of the state. The Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Association...