Genetic engineering

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Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of rare diseases: another clinical study

The average life expectancy of people with Fabry disease without treatment is no more than 40 years. The first object of clinical trials of gene therapy for this disease was a 34-year-old Canadian.

30.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Turning sticks into cones preserves vision

Blocking the activity of one gene ensured the partial transformation of rods into cones and prevented the development of retinal pigmentation degeneration in the mouse model.

29.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Store information on DNA carriers

Five files with a total volume of 5.2 megabits were recorded in artificial DNA, including an audio file with a speech by Martin Luther King and a scientific article by Nobel laureates who deciphered the structure of this molecule.

24.01.2013
Genetic engineering

AIDS: the virus is kicked out by the virus

A group of biologists from Stanford University has developed a new method of protection against the human immunodeficiency virus by studying mutations in the CCR5 and CXCR4 genes that make some people virtually invulnerable to HIV infection.

23.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of infarction: latest news

Geneticists managed to reverse the course of events in myocardial infarction and grow a healthy heart muscle in place of the scar.

18.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Correction of the genome up to the nucleotide

Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique that allows you to change the genomes of living cells with a high degree of accuracy.

14.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy helps to restore the blood vessels of the heart

The results of a survey of participants in a clinical study of the method of gene therapy for severe coronary heart disease indicate the prospects of this approach and the feasibility of conducting larger-scale studies.

09.01.2013
Genetic engineering

Is genetically modified salmon not dangerous?

If, as expected, the FDA experts allow the use of genetically modified salmon, this will be the first time in the world that an official permit has been issued for the consumption of an animal created with the use of biotechnology.

24.12.2012
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against epilepsy

Gene therapy based on a rat model of the disease was used to quickly suppress seizures, prevent their recurrence and for the successful treatment of epileptic foci.

26.11.2012
Genetic engineering

The first swallow of gene therapy

For the first time in the EU, it is allowed to use the drug alipogene tiparvovec for gene therapy of a rare hereditary pathology – lipoprotein lipase deficiency (type I hyperlipoproteinemia).

31.10.2012
Genetic engineering

Transgenic, hypoallergenic milk

Scientists from New Zealand have created a transgenic cow that produces allergy-free milk.

02.10.2012
Genetic engineering

Alzheimer's disease: a new target

Removal of the gene of one of the enzymes in mice with the Alzheimer's disease model led to a record improvement in all typical symptoms and objective indicators of the disease.

10.09.2012
Genetic engineering

The book of DNA

American bioengineers have "printed" an electronic version of the book "Regeneration: How Synthetic Biology will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves" on DNA molecules.

17.08.2012