HIV: 8 bubble babies saved thanks to the AIDS virus
In the United States, for the first time, eight children born without immune defense could be saved thanks to a ...
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Hereditary anemia: gene therapy revolutionizes the treatment of beta-thalassemia
A new study confirms the interest of gene therapy, a technique that uses a viral vector to replace deficient genes ...
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Resistant leukemia: the hope of a new treatment resulting from gene therapy
A treatment based on cells modified by gene therapy, recently authorized in the United States, is proving to be very ...
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Silencing a defective gene, the solution to treat certain cancers
Scientists at the University of Michigan have identified a new so-called "non-coding" gene, which appears to play an important role ...
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Hemophilia A: two new treatments will radically improve the lives of patients
Two major therapeutic breakthroughs in hemophilia A were presented at the American Congress of Hematology, ASH 2017. They will profoundly ...
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Blood cancers: revolution with gene therapies
CAR-T cells, a new form of gene therapy, are revolutionizing the treatment of severe forms of various blood cancers.The most ...
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World first: the gene mechanic directly in the patient’s body
A patient with Hunter's disease was treated with gene therapy. The researchers achieved a first by replacing defective genes with ...
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Lymphoma: a revolutionary genetic therapy
The US drug agency, the FDA, has approved a second gene immunotherapy using modified T cells for certain types of ...
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Healing thanks to genes
In different forms, gene therapy is part of the therapeutic arsenal of physicians, and the prospects are immense.The Food and ...
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Blindness: gene therapy restored sight in mice
Visually impaired mice have regained visual perception through genetic reprogramming of their retinal cells.Gene therapy could one day restore sight ...
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Alcohol: gene therapy to curb addiction
American researchers have developed a gene therapy supposed to limit the risk of alcohol addiction. It acts on the assimilation ...
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Usher syndrome: gene therapy restores hearing and balance
Researchers injected a gene into the inner ear of mice with Usher syndrome and made them regain hearing and balance.Treat ...
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Progeria: the cells of patients rejuvenated in the laboratory
American researchers have succeeded in lengthening the telomeres of cells taken from old children. Fighting progeria would therefore be possible. ...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: promising results for a new gene therapy
Gene therapy has restored muscle function and strength in dogs with this neuromuscular disease.AFM-Telethon takes another important step in the ...
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Leukemia: experts plead for access to gene therapy
An advisory committee calls on the US Medicines Agency (FDA) to authorize the marketing of gene therapy to treat a ...
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Sickle cell disease: a successful gene therapy
A teenager with severe sickle cell disease has been successfully treated with gene therapy. Fifteen months later, he was able ...
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AMD: the promising avenue for gene therapies
Korean researchers have obtained promising results against AMD, thanks to the technique of "genetic scissors" Crisp-Cas9.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects ...
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Telethon: from research to gene therapy
AFM-Téléthon, in collaboration with Bpifrance, has launched the largest European platform for the production of innovative therapies against rare diseases. ...
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Gene therapies: major advances for the brain
Research on gene therapy is advancing. In diseases of the central nervous system, several approaches are being tested. A vector ...
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Genetic manipulations: 76% of French people for therapeutic use
The French are not opposed to the use of CRISPR-Cas9 to treat genetic diseases. On the other hand, they are ...
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Telethon 2015: exceptional fundraising of 94 million euros
With 94 million collected, the figures of the Telethon 2015 are "exceptional". This result is based on increased mobilization on ...
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: a promising gene therapy
Children suffering from Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome have seen their health improve thanks to gene therapy, developed in France.Hope in the fight ...
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Cystic fibrosis: gene therapy helps stop its progression
Cystic fibrosis currently has no treatment capable of interrupting its progression. For the first time, gene therapy has succeeded in ...
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Bubble babies: gene therapy more effective than transplant
The absence of an effective immune system is no longer inevitable. Gene therapy is very effective in promoting the production ...
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