Sentences with phrase «promising gene therapy techniques»

Over the past ten years, researchers have developed several promising gene therapy techniques to grow skin, bone, and other tissues for reconstructive surgery.

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Italy is already beginning to show its promise with the development of gene - therapy techniques and the discovery of genes that could lead to a cure for Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

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Many of the most promising approaches fall into four categories: the retinal prosthetic, gene therapy, stem cell treatments, and a technique that uses optogenetics, a way to engineer nerves to fire in response to bursts of light.

December 6, 2016 — A targeted gene - replacement technique partially restored vision in blind rats and holds promise as a potential tool for gene therapy.

«We are really excited about this work because, short of correcting a faulty gene, protein - replacement therapy using mRNA is one of the most promising techniques we have at our disposal,» says senior author Inder Verma, professor of genetics and holder of Salk's Irwin and Joan Jacobs Chair in Exemplary Life Science.