Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease
...oundation Trust at the Scheie Eye Institute, the Rosanne H. Silbermann Foundation, the Italian Telethon Foundation, the Associazione Italiana Amaurosi congenita di Leber, the National Center for Research Resources, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of He...Peter Baumann named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist
...aumann's research team hopes to lay the foundation for the development of treatments for cancer as well as degenerative syndromes such as dyskeratosis congenita and aplastic anemia. Dr. Baumann leads an eight-person team at the Stowers Institute composed of postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and ...A little telomerase isn't enough
...ill develop," says Greider, whose lab reported the role of the critically short telomere in 2001. The usual treatment for people with dyskeratosis congenita is a bone marrow transplant from an unaffected family member. But the team's new findings in mice suggest that the family member chosen for the transp...