They hope to go still further and turn the stem cells into treatments for previously untreatable diseases. (science.sciencemag.org)
The treatment, developed at the University of Pennsylvania with clinical trials carried out at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Iowa, is the first time gene therapy is used to treat an inherited disease and could lead to treatments of other currently untreatable conditions. (pennmedicine.org)
«Inappropriate use of antibiotics can be bad for individual patients and the entire population, and makes it harder to control the spread of untreatable infections.» (sciencedaily.com)