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UK's first gene therapy trial for patients with chronic heart failure begins at GJNH

The UK’s first gene therapy trial for advanced heart failure, CUPID 2, has officially begun at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital; with the first candidate recently being administered with a dose of the MYDICAR treatment.

21 Nov 2013

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

What we are trying to do is take a cancer model like the PDX model (patient-derived tumor xenograft), which is a human-derived cancer growing in an in vivo model and apply radiation to that model.

From Xstrahl 20 Nov 2013

DNA vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent and treat deadly MERS coronavirus

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that preclinical testing of a DNA synthetic vaccine for the virulent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) induced robust and durable immune responses, demonstrating the potential for a SynCon DNA vaccine to prevent and treat this deadly virus.

20 Nov 2013

Parkinson's Institute, Population Diagnostics discover new genes relevant to Parkinson's disease

The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center announced today that they, in partnership with Population Diagnostics, Inc., have discovered a number of new genes relevant to the cause of Parkinson's disease.

20 Nov 2013

DNA-damaging drug and MK2 inhibitor combination could be effective against cancer

About half of all cancer patients have a mutation in a gene called p53, which allows tumors to survive and continue growing even after chemotherapy severely damages their DNA.

20 Nov 2013

Rapid DNA biochip tests for screening disease-causing bacteria

Patients affected by a bacterial infection can usually be treated with an antibiotic. But sometimes a resistant bacterial strain is causing the infection. In a hospital setting, doctors ideally want to know if they are dealing with such bacteria and which drugs they should choose. But if the doctor runs a test it can take days to get a result. Now, a European project is paving the way for much more rapid tests using DNA biochips. The aim is to rapidly screen disease-causing bacteria using a microarray to spot which resistant genes are present in bacteria.

20 Nov 2013

Mount Sinai researchers win Best Manuscript Award for research on repair, reversal of heart attack damage

The Editors of the American Heart Association's (AHA) journal Circulation Research have awarded Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers a "Best Manuscript Award" for their investigations on repair and reversal of heart attack damage.

20 Nov 2013

NIAID awards $4.4M grant to study unknown gene function in bacteria that cause plague, brucellosis

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded the University of Chicago $4.4 million over five years to study genes of unknown function in bacteria that cause plague and brucellosis.

20 Nov 2013

Gene-based method for selecting doses of warfarin no better than standardized dosing methods

A new study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has determined that a gene-based method for selecting patients' doses of the popular heart medication warfarin is no better than standardized dosing methods. The study was presented today at the 2013 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.

20 Nov 2013

Study shows bacteria can passively integrate damaged DNA in their own genome

From a bacteria's perspective the environment is one big DNA waste yard. Researchers have now shown that bacteria can take up small as well as large pieces of old DNA from this scrapheap and include it in their own genome.

20 Nov 2013

Researchers report long-term benefits of gene therapy in advanced heart failure patients

Researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported the long-term benefits of a single dose of their gene therapy AAV1/SERCA2a in advanced heart failure patients on Nov. 19 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2013.

20 Nov 2013

Researchers discover new genetic risk factor for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered a new genetic risk factor for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder called NDST3. The findings are published online in Nature Communications.

20 Nov 2013

Penn researchers advance towards new DNA sequencing technique using graphene nanoribbon

The instructions for building all of the body's proteins are contained in a person's DNA, a string of chemicals that, if unwound and strung end to end, would form a sentence 3 billion letters long. Each person's sentence is unique, so learning how to read gene sequences as quickly and inexpensively as possible could pave the way to countless personalized medical applications.

19 Nov 2013

Scientists announce successful installation of first Blue Gene Active Storage system

The ever growing complexity of various simulation tasks not only require a continuous increase of computing power but also the capability of managing large amounts of data.

19 Nov 2013

Weill Cornell Medical College receives grant to support research efforts designed to end women's cancers

MasterCard today announced a $500,000 grant to Weill Cornell Medical College to support research efforts designed to end women's cancers.

19 Nov 2013

Scientists at Salk Institute develop novel platform to study kidney diseases

Diseases affecting the kidneys represent a major and unsolved health issue worldwide. The kidneys rarely recover function once they are damaged by disease, highlighting the urgent need for better knowledge of kidney development and physiology.

19 Nov 2013

Researchers find that caspase-2 gene plays important role in suppressing blood cell cancer

Adelaide researchers have found that a specific gene plays an important role in suppressing lymphoma, a type of blood cell cancer.

19 Nov 2013

Mutations affecting immune system play important role in breast cancer

Mutations in the genes that defend the body against cancer-related viruses and other infections may play a larger role in breast cancer than previously thought, according to a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

19 Nov 2013

Habitual dietary intake of monozygotic twins associated with fecal microbiota composition

The establishment of microbial populations in the gastrointestinal-tract is a complex process, involving microbial and host interactions eventually resulting in a dense and stable population.

18 Nov 2013

Researchers identify genes that put children at high risk of serious asthma attacks

An international team spearheaded by researchers from the University of Copenhagen has identified the genes that put some children at particularly high risk of serious asthma attacks, including one not previously suspected of being implicated in the disease.

18 Nov 2013

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Latest Gene News and Research

UK's first gene therapy trial for patients with chronic heart failure begins at GJNH

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

DNA vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent and treat deadly MERS coronavirus

Parkinson's Institute, Population Diagnostics discover new genes relevant to Parkinson's disease

DNA-damaging drug and MK2 inhibitor combination could be effective against cancer

Rapid DNA biochip tests for screening disease-causing bacteria

Mount Sinai researchers win Best Manuscript Award for research on repair, reversal of heart attack damage

NIAID awards $4.4M grant to study unknown gene function in bacteria that cause plague, brucellosis

Gene-based method for selecting doses of warfarin no better than standardized dosing methods

Study shows bacteria can passively integrate damaged DNA in their own genome

Researchers report long-term benefits of gene therapy in advanced heart failure patients

Researchers discover new genetic risk factor for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Penn researchers advance towards new DNA sequencing technique using graphene nanoribbon

Scientists announce successful installation of first Blue Gene Active Storage system

Weill Cornell Medical College receives grant to support research efforts designed to end women's cancers

Scientists at Salk Institute develop novel platform to study kidney diseases

Researchers find that caspase-2 gene plays important role in suppressing blood cell cancer

Mutations affecting immune system play important role in breast cancer

Habitual dietary intake of monozygotic twins associated with fecal microbiota composition

Researchers identify genes that put children at high risk of serious asthma attacks

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