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Curing Human Diseases and Gene Therapy: Some Major Advances
Gene therapy is a potentially powerful technology to replace faulty disease-causing genes with functional copies. Though not yet a common procedure to treat genetic disease (primarily due to the difficulties of getting it right), there have been major advances. Here is a look at some of them.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Sep 27, 2009 to
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Dr French Anderson and Gene Therapy
Dr. F. Anderson is one of the most famous personalities in science. He was a pioneer of human gene therapy and conducted the first human gene therapy trial. He is also widely known as the father of gene therapy.

Published by bala (5,939 pts ) on Sep 9, 2009 to
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What is Gene Therapy?
Gene therapy is a technique that introduces an altered gene into a person's body to carry out the work of a mulfunctioning gene. The procedure aims to treat or cure diseases that have been caused by faulty genes.

Published by Rafael B. (8,334 pts ) on Sep 9, 2009 to
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Gene Therapy Timeline
For more than 20 years gene therapy has been the next 'biggest thing' in science. An ingenious technology that has yielded some results, but has so far failed to live up to many people's expectations, largely because it is technically very difficult.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Sep 9, 2009 to
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Human Gene Therapy Vectors
So here's a thing. You want to replace a mutated gene that causes disease. Your gene therapy delivery boys are vectors that carry functional genes to cells. Trouble is, they don't work too well or they potentially cause more harm than good. So what's a scientist to do? Develop new technologies.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Jul 10, 2009 to
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Genetic Engineering: Zinc Finger Proteins FAQ
Zinc finger proteins are exotically named naturally occurring proteins that can be engineered to encourage a cell to repair genetic mutations. They offer an alternative approach to gene therapy which uses the introduction of a desired gene to correct molecular faults.

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on May 25, 2009 to
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How to Create a Virus
Viruses are responsible for a multitude of diseases. But they can also be used to treat disease, for example, in gene therapy. This article is a look at some of the different types of viruses that could be available for gene therapy.

Published by Rafael B. (8,334 pts ) on May 16, 2009 to
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How Could Gene Therapy Cure Cancer?
Gene therapy may one day rid the world of cancer. Find out how gene therapy is bieng tested to treat and cure cancer.

Published by Rafael B. (8,334 pts ) on Apr 26, 2009 to
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Human Genetic Research and the Causes of Deafness
Could human genetic engineering and gene therapy one day treat and cure the causes of deafness?

Published by Paul Arnold (15,324 pts ) on Apr 6, 2009 to
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Gene Therapy: How Gene Therapy Could Cure Brain Tumors
Gene therapy methods have had an 80% success rate in treating lab rats with brain tumors. Could the same success be duplicated in treating human brain tumors and brain cancer?

Published by Sonal Panse (12,123 pts ) on Mar 23, 2009 to
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