Alessandra Biffi, MD Director, Gene Therapy Program Dr. Biffi is an internationally
known gene therapy research leader from Milan, Italy.
Not exact matches
«It was kind of fun being at a medical school and
known as the weird guy who worked with dogs,» says Modiano, who is now a professor of comparative oncology at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and the Masonic Cancer Center, where his
research focuses on immunology, cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of
gene therapy.
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.
Their
research has created the technology
known as
gene targeting, now used in virtually all areas of biomedicine — from basic
research to the development of new
therapies.
For his
research on the potential of gene therapy to provide lasting control of intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients with known genetic defects, András Komáromy, DVM, PhD was awarded the 2015 Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma R
research on the potential of
gene therapy to provide lasting control of intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients with
known genetic defects, András Komáromy, DVM, PhD was awarded the 2015 Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma
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