Scientists Discover Potential Opioid Replacement for Back Pain
The study indicates that nanocarriers loaded with DNA may serve as alternatives to opioids. Recent research demonstrates that gene therapy delivered by nanocarriers can effectively…
The study indicates that nanocarriers loaded with DNA may serve as alternatives to opioids. Recent research demonstrates that gene therapy delivered by nanocarriers can effectively…
Researchers have identified a gene therapy target that could potentially slow the development and progression of degenerative diseases. Proteins serve as building blocks, receptors, processors,…
MIT researchers plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain. To engineer proteins with useful functions, researchers…
Retrotransposons can insert new genes into a “safe harbor” in the genome, complementing CRISPR gene editing. The recent greenlighting of a CRISPR-Cas9 treatment for sickle…
New findings from a clinical trial, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that stem cell gene therapy could be a potential…
Scientists from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) within the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with their partners, have designed a targeted gene…
Guiding cells to natural target region key to functional recovery. In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from the University of California,…
Scientists at .NeuroRestore, Switzerland, report in Science that they have developed a gene therapy that was proven in mice to stimulate nerve regrowth across spinal…
An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the inner ear. This breakthrough was made possible by utilizing the…
Researchers from UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have unveiled findings that shed light on why certain children experience extended remission…
Gene Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Gene therapy might offer a one-time, sustained treatment for patients with serious alcohol addiction, also called alcohol use disorder,…
Researchers at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have successfully reversed hearing loss in mice. Their findings, published in…
Already used to treat Parkinson’s disease, researchers found surgical treatment dramatically reduced chronic heavy drinking. A form of gene therapy currently used to treat Parkinson’s…
Scientists have pinpointed the area where a protein regulates sodium ion channels, and by inserting the channel’s genetic material into a virus, they were able…
Research study’s findings offer a potential alternative to surgical spaying. Currently, there are no contraceptives capable of producing permanent sterilization in companion animals. Spaying, the…
Acting as a team, twin stem cells activate the immune system to suppress tumor growth and prolong survival in representative preclinical models. Brigham and Women’s…
Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear, part of Mass General Brigham, have successfully used adeno-associated virus vectors in gene therapies to treat genetic hearing loss…
Researchers have developed a “mini gene” therapy for a debilitating syndrome that results in both blindness and deafness. Usher Syndrome type 1F is a rare,…