Category Archives: Gene Therapy

Plastic Surgery – Is Gene Therapy the Future?

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Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) June 16, 2013 According to a May 29, 2013 NBC News article, titled Gene Therapies for Regenerative Surgery Are Getting Closer, Says Review in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, researchers have made significant progress in the development of gene therapy techniques that can grow skin, bone and tissue for reconstructive surgery. Researchers from Padua University Hospital in Italy who conducted the review claim the potential benefits of using gene therapy in reconstructive surgery are numerous. (Go to goo.gl/kYjFa) According to the article, gene therapy may be instrumental in solving a problem that most plastic and reconstructive surgeons face, which is the lack of sufficient tissue to correct deformities that patients have in certain areas of their body. Continue reading →

Market research report on "Gene Therapy – Technologies, Markets and Companies"

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Research and Markets has announced a new report “Gene Therapy – Technologies, Markets and Companies” to its offering. Gene therapy can be broadly defined as the transfer of defined genetic material to specific target cells of a patient for the ultimate purpose of preventing or altering a particular disease state. Continue reading →

Global Gene Therapy Market Analysis

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NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Gene Therapy Market Analysis http://www.reportlinker.com/p0324817/Global-Gene-Therapy-Market-Analysis.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Biological_Therapy Gene therapy is the treatment of a disease by replacing, altering, or supplementing a gene that is absent or abnormal and whose absence or abnormality is causing the disease. It has evolved as one of the most sought after research objectives for ‘difficult to cure’ diseases. The gene therapy market in spite of presenting few marketable products and being nascent in terms of revenue generation holds tremendous growth potential. Continue reading →

Gene Therapy – Technologies, Markets and Companies 2013

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DUBLIN, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dfcq6z/gene_therapy) has announced a new report “Gene Therapy – Technologies, Markets and Companies” to its offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Gene therapy can be broadly defined as the transfer of defined genetic material to specific target cells of a patient for the ultimate purpose of preventing or altering a particular disease state. Continue reading →

Scientists find one lab virus in millions that could improve gene therapy for retinal diseases

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From millions of random mutations, scientists identify a virus that could make gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases safer and more effective. A new delivery mechanism shuttles gene therapy deep into the eyes retina to repair damaged light-sensing cells without requiring a surgeon to put a needle through this delicate tissue. Continue reading →

Easy and effective therapy to restore sight: Engineered virus will improve gene therapy for blinding eye diseases

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June 12, 2013 Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular degeneration. Unlike current treatments, the new procedure is quick and surgically non-invasive, and it delivers normal genes to hard-to-reach cells throughout the entire retina. Over the last six years, several groups have successfully treated people with a rare inherited eye disease by injecting a virus with a normal gene directly into the retina of an eye with a defective gene. Continue reading →

Virus That Evolved in the Lab Delivers Gene Therapy into the Retina

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From millions of random mutations, scientists identify a virus that could make gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases safer and more effective. Special delivery: Eight weeks after the new virus was injected into the eye of a monkey, the activity of a fluorescent gene it delivered can be seen in spots across the retina. Continue reading →

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Boasts Standing Room Only Turnout at the 16th Annual American Society of Gene and …

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STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT), www.acgtfoundation.org, https://twitter.com/acgtfoundation, and https://www.facebook.com/acgtfoundation, today announced that its inaugural Symposium Gene and Cell Therapy For Cancer held recently at the 16th Annual American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, boasted more than 300 attendees. We are strongly encouraged by the significant progress that is being made in the area of cell and gene therapies for cancer, said Barbara Netter, ACGT President and Co-Founder Continue reading →

How to Predict and Improve Your Future Health with Gene Therapy – Video

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How to Predict and Improve Your Future Health with Gene Therapy Gene therapy and DNA analysis now makes it possible for us to predict our genetic disposition to disease. Using the information gathered from a simple saliva… Continue reading →