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Gene therapy gets a turbo boost

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

For decades, scientists have dreamt of a future where genetic diseases, such as the blood clotting disorder hemophilia, could be a thing of the past. Gene therapy, the idea of fixing faulty genes with healthy ones, has held immense promise. But a major hurdle has been finding a safe and efficient way to deliver those genes.

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New gene delivery vehicle shows promise for human brain gene therapy

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In an important step toward more effective gene therapies for brain diseases, researchers have engineered a gene-delivery vehicle that uses a human protein to efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver a disease-relevant gene to the brain in mice expressing the human protein.

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New gene therapy for muscular dystrophy offers hope

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in the future, repairing those muscles.

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Discoveries on memory mechanisms could unlock new therapies for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have made a `paradigm shifting' discovery on the mechanisms required for learning and memory that could lead to new therapies for Alzheimer's disease and potentially Down syndrome.

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Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Promising preclinical results show hematopoietic stem cell therapy was effective in rescuing memory loss, neuroinflammation and beta amyloid build-up in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

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A new switch for the cell therapies of the future

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to trigger cell therapies for various metabolic diseases. Researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin.

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A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene

Broad Institute

Science (2024) Related content New gene delivery vehicle shows promise for human brain gene therapy My Quest to Cure Prion Disease — Before It’s Too Late | Sonia Vallabh | TED Prion diseases lead to rapid neurodegeneration and death and are caused by misshapen versions of the prion protein in the brain.

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