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POPSNanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy Dr. Ho and his research team engineered surface-modified nanodiamond particles that successfully and efficiently delivered DNA into mammalian cells. The delivery efficiency was 70 times greater than that of a conventional standard for gene delivery. That's just great! :D
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POPSchild abuse & silent witnesses Child abuse 'impacts stress gene' Child abuse has long-lasting effects Abuse in early childhood permanently alters how the brain reacts to stress, a Canadian study suggests. Analysis of brain tissue from adults who had committed suicide found key genetic changes in those who had suffered abuse as a child. It affects the production of a receptor known to be involved in stress responses, the researchers said. The Nature Neuroscience study underpins the impact of stress on early brain development, experts said. Previous research has shown that abuse in childhood is associated with an increased reaction to stressful circumstances. Whilst these results obviously need to be replicated, they provide a mechanism by which experiences early in life can have an effect on behaviour later in adulthood Dr Jonathan Mill But exactly how environmental factors interact with genes and contribute to depression or other mental disorders in adulthood is not well understood.
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POPSSovereignty at Sea Brothels. Cryonics intakes. Gene therapy, cloning, augmentation, and organ sales. Baby farms. Deafeningly loud concerts. Rehab/detox clinics. Zen retreats. Abortion clinics. Ultimate ultimate fighting tournaments
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POPSGene therapy for HIV shows promise Mitsuyasu and his colleagues took blood samples from patients and isolated CD34+ stem cells, which can mature into many types of white blood cell, including the CD4+ cells attacked by HIV. Then, they used a harmless virus to load the stem cells with an extra gene that makes a ribozyme - a pair of molecular "scissors" targeted at the virus. Earlier experiments in cell cultures showed that if such cells are invaded by HIV, the ribozyme is produced and cuts up tat, a gene essential for the virus to replicate itself. The hope was that when altered cells were returned to the patient, they would grow into white blood cells that survive attack by the virus and prevent it from multiplying and infecting other cells. Effectively, the immune system would become resistant to HIV, as the altered cells would be the only ones surviving.
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POPSThe questions facing our generation ' would it be so bad if the human race was slightly improved? What if a relatively simple procedure could make an individual and his or her offspring more compassionate, intelligent and thoughtful? Currently scientists are using gene therapy in an attempt to wipe out disease, but what if we could save many more lives by wiping out war instead though engineering humans to be less bloodthirsty, hateful and narrow-minded?
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POPSVision Restored to Blind Patients in Gene Therapy Researchers theorized that if they could “upgrade” these photoreceptor cells with the non-defective gene then damage to the photoreceptor cells would cease and any remaining healthy cells would regain their ability to function. A virus was used to inject the functioning gene into the target cells and within a week vision improved and remained so after 90 days — the study’s endpoint. In theory, the younger the patient, the better this therapy will work because the degenerative nature of the disease will have had less time to cause permanent destruction to photoreceptor cells. Trials are now underway with younger patients and the researchers are hopeful that these younger patients will see substantial, perhaps even full recovery of vision.
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POPSMechanism that triggers differentiation in embryo cells discovered They found in their experiments, using embryos from laboratory mice and cells that grow in culture, that this entire process is actually controlled by a single gene, called G9a, which itself is capable of directing a whole program of changes that involves turning off a large set of genes so that they remain locked for the entire lifetime of the organism, thereby unable to activate any further cell flexibility.
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POPSWhen Do We Become Human? Human life is semi-sacred. It would be nice (in a perfect world) if as much dignity were provided for our animal counterparts were so protected as well. Once again I bemoan the fact that this article is much larger and the space allotted is so little. If you are truly interested, you can always go the the provided link.
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POPSGene Therapy Might Cure AIDS While cautioning that the Berlin case could be a fluke, David Baltimore, who won a Nobel prize for his research on tumor viruses, deemed it "a very good sign" and a virtual "proof of principle" for gene-therapy approaches. Dr. Baltimore and his colleague, University of California at Los Angeles researcher Irvin Chen, have developed a gene therapy strategy against HIV that works in a similar way to the Berlin case. Drs. Baltimore and Chen have formed a private company to develop the therapy.
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POPSResearchers regrow crucial inner ear cells One of the most common causes of hearing loss, is constant exposure to loud noise, which can literally snap the hairs off the base. The more exposure, the more hairs snap off, and of course now we are beginning to see the effects of the 'ipod syndrome' where the volume is maxed out. Like standing next to speakers that are turned up to 11. (You might need to know about the band Spinal Tap) There is no doubt that prevention is better than cure, but some people wont listen. Until they reach the point where they can't listen.
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POPSScientists identify childhood cancer gene They are beginning to find genes that are believed to be involved in a number of types of cancer. The study of these genes may not only tell us how they work, but why they are there, and how they are related to some essential, and regular metabolic functions, what exactly can turn a regular/benign cell cancerous, so potential sufferers can be Identified early.
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