Gene therapy

Feb 20, 2015

Transforming Cells into Molecular Assassins The conventional approach to vaccination involves training the immune system to fight an infection. But the Researchers at Scripps Research Institute in California have derived a new technique that involves altering the DNA in order to give cells anti-HIV capabilities. A...

Jan 08, 2015

Only a hundred and fifty years have passed since Gregor Mendel’s discovery of simple Mendelian inheritance. In a remarkably short amount of time humans have achieved such impressive feats as sequencing the entire human genome and gaining understanding of the causes of most genetic disease. Now that researchers have ...

Jan 07, 2015

Many companies have tried over the years to find a way to reverse the course of crippling neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington’s but have failed. Fortunately, Gene therapy has proven to be an answer to a wide range of serious neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s etc. The HD gene vs...

Jan 06, 2015

Gene Therapy: The “Big Value” Market! Gene therapy has been under scientific research for over 2 decades, but viable therapies have yet to gain commercial acceptance due to safety and delivery-related issues. However, Pfizer’s move and some other recent developments in the industry suggest that the therapy may be ...

Dec 30, 2014

Gene Therapy: Eye for the cure! Recent technical advances have led to the demonstration of the molecular basis of various ocular diseases. Gene transfer into ocular tissues has been demonstrated with growing functional success and may develop into a new therapeutic tool for clinical ophthalmology.  There are pr...

Dec 30, 2014

Gene Therapy to “target” Hematological disorders! About Hematological disorders Hematology is the study of blood in health and disease. It includes problems with the red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, blood vessels, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and the proteins involved in bleeding and clotting (h...

Dec 29, 2014

Gene Therapy: The “Hope” for Immunologic disorders! About Immunologic disorders Immunological disorders are a dysfunction of the immune system. These disorders cause abnormally low activity or overactivity of the immune system. In cases of immune system overactivity, the body attacks and damages its own tissues. T...

Dec 29, 2014

Gene Therapy to “heal” Cardiovascular disorders! Coronary artery disease, heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmias are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the developed countries. Pharmacologic drugs and device therapies have multiple limitations, and there exists an unmet need for improved clinical outcomes ...

Dec 24, 2014

Gene Therapy to “reverse” Metabolic disorders! Metabolic disorders are collectively common, frequently severe and in many instances difficult or impossible to treat. Accordingly, there is a compelling need to explore novel therapeutic modalities, including gene therapy, and examine multiple phenotypes where the ri...

Dec 23, 2014

Gene Therapy to “block” Infectious disorders! Until recently, the idea of genetically modifying a person’s immune system to make it resistant to infectious disorders like HIV was considered so impractical that it belonged in the realm of science fiction. However over the past year or so, an accumulation of new dat...