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Study is the first to show that an engineered skin graft can survive long term with intact immune system (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, gene therapy may treat diabetes and obesity via skin, say experts

According to researchers, new therapy could be used to deliver therapeutic proteinsfor people with a genetic defect.

5 Aug 2017 11:23 AM IST

New gene treatment can help cure hereditary blindness

New gene treatment can help cure hereditary blindness

Nano-particles carrying the genes will only select target cells and prevent blindness

11 May 2017 10:54 AM IST

A virus was used to infect the bone marrow with new, correct instructions which has completely reversed the patients sickle cell disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

World-first gene therapy cures teen with sickle cell disease

Doctors used a different technique on the French teenager by using a pioneering treatment to alter his DNA

6 March 2017 2:05 PM IST

It is hard enough getting these protein instructions, called messenger RNA (mRNA), physically into a cell. It is another hurdle altogether for the cell to actually use them to make a protein. If the technique works in people, it could provide a new way of inserting therapeutic proteins into diseased cells.

Glow-in-the-dark mice brings next-gen gene therapies closer

Not only did the technique make the mouse glow, it also later woke up and ran around, completely unaware of the complex...

20 Feb 2017 1:43 PM IST

The transient nature of mRNA transmission opens up special opportunities, such as using these compounds for vaccination or cancer immunotherapy. (Photo: P

Glow-in-the-dark mice brings next-gen gene therapies closer

The protein from a firefly that is successfully inserted can help become a therapeutic protein for diseased cells

20 Feb 2017 1:29 PM IST

Huntingtons is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting mental abilities and physical control. (Photo: Pixabay)

FDA approves gene therapy for rare form of vision loss

Hereditary retinal dystrophies are a broad group of genetic retinal disorders that are associated with progressive...

20 Dec 2017 8:20 PM IST

Hemophilia almost always strikes males and is caused by lack of a gene that makes a protein needed for blood to clot. (Photo: Pixabay)

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

Small cuts or bruises can be life-threatening, and many people need treatments once or more a week to prevent serious...

7 Dec 2017 1:37 PM IST