Our lab is developing
gene therapy strategies to treat optic neuropathies, potentially blinding diseases of the optic nerve.
The third Objective (IRF3) brings together promising scientists and clinicians from the University of Pennsylvania and the Rockefeller University to combine
gene therapy strategies, independently tested in humans, with the goal of engineering, growing, and administering killer cells that are uniquely empowered to find and kill HIV - infected cells.
«Despite extensive preclinical approaches, translation of
gene therapy strategies into clinical trials is still a difficult and expensive process.»
«New nanoparticle
gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats.»
«We are encouraged by these promising results and look forward to optimizing the intracranial distribution of this new nanoparticle
gene therapy strategy,» says Tyler.
Not exact matches
«Steep funding cuts for the federal health agencies are counterproductive at a time when innovative research is moving us closer to identifying solutions for rare diseases, new prevention
strategies to protect Americans from deadly and costly conditions, advances in
gene therapy, new technologies for understanding the brain, and treatments that harness the ability of our immune system to fight cancer.»
The proposed
strategy reflects a continuing move toward combination
therapies, particularly when it comes to epigenetic approaches, which target the mechanisms that control whether
genes are switched «on» or «off.»
Muscle biologists Qi Long Lu and Terence Partridge at the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre in London, U.K., and their colleagues decided to combined the antisense
strategy with a chemical often used in
gene therapy because it is known to improve delivery of DNA into cells.
With further development, CRISPR - Cas9 - based
gene therapy may offer a new clinical
strategy for CGD, and perhaps other blood disorders.
However, the researchers believe that these results are proof of concept that
gene therapy is a valid
strategy against aplastic anemia; this
therapy could also be applied to other
genes — besides from telomerase — if a causal role for those other forms of the disease was discovered.
Although the
gene / cell
therapy strategy was highly successful in laboratory mice, the authors stressed that additional research and testing are needed before the
therapy could be tested in humans.
«
Gene therapy may represent a leading
strategy to develop more efficient regenerative surgical treatments for numerous clinical needs,» they write.
«Even so,» the authors add, «cutting - edge
gene therapy - based
strategies in reconstructive procedures [are close] to setting valuable milestones for development of efficient treatments in a growing number of local diseases and injuries.»
Now, researchers report promising results from two small
gene -
therapy studies that mimic this
strategy, hinting that the field may be moving closer to a cure that works for the masses.
«Experimental
therapy for Prader - Willi syndrome shows promise in mice:
Strategy activates silenced
genes.»
Lysogene's Board of Directors is composed of accomplished leaders from the healthcare industry who bring their expertise in science, drug development, commercialization and
strategy to developing and expanding our
gene therapy programs.
Therapeutic
strategies aiming at restoring the function of the implicated
genes (
gene and cell
therapies) are very encouraging but not applicable in a near future to the variety of MDs.
The ability of cells to remain unaffected by HIV, in the absence of CCR5, has already been shown clinically, but this
strategy has not been joined with
gene therapy in making killer cells.
Overall, SR - Tiget represents a multi-disciplinary research environment, which provides a unique blend of scientific expertise in the development of innovative
gene and cell
therapy strategies, access to relevant preclinical models to evaluate their efficacy and safety, as well as competence in conducting early phase clinical trials.
This work, published in «Blood», was carried out by the CNIO Telomeres and Telomerase Group The treatment is based on the transport of the telomerase
gene to the bone marrow cells using
gene therapy, a completely new
strategy in the treatment of aplastic anaemia
Clinical Applications and Bioprocessing
Strategies Fundamentally, gene therapy should exceed the efficacy of existing therapeutic approaches and provide therapeutic strategies for unmet medi
Strategies Fundamentally,
gene therapy should exceed the efficacy of existing therapeutic approaches and provide therapeutic
strategies for unmet medi
strategies for unmet medical needs.
Lysogene's MPS IIIA
gene therapy clinical trial
strategy includes a partnership with the MPS patient networks to ensure families are well informed about our development program and are able to make informed choices concerning the best treatment
strategy for their children.
We live in an age of medical wonders — transplants,
gene therapy, lifesaving drugs and preventive
strategies — but the healthcare system remains fantastically expensive, inefficient, bewildering, and inequitable.
Newer
strategies include
gene therapy, drugs that inhibit the metastasis process and chemotherapy - impregnated implants that release drugs in a slow, steady manner.