Gene therapy

The treatment of a disease by introducing DNA into the cells of the patient.
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Wellcome Trust researchers at the UCL Institute of Opthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital have taken part in the world's first clinical trial to test a revolutionary gene therapy for a type of inherited blindness. 28/04/07
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The introduction of a gene that shuts down nerve firing reduces the tremors of people with Parkinson’s disease. 13/08/06
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Prospects for a new form of gene therapy have been presented at the European Society of Human Genetics conference in Amsterdam. 09/05/06
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The Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC) has published its eleventh annual report. 11/04/05
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Converting foreign bone splints to living bone in mice may lead to help for cancer and trauma patients who suffer with fragile and failing bone grafts. 18/02/05
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Department of Health announces funding for gene therapy research in the UK. 03/03/04
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Antisense therapy overrides genetic defects. 07/07/03
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A second child who received gene therapy to treat X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency develops a leukaemia-like illness. 28/01/03
Features
Children with severe combined immunodeficiency have been treated using gene therapy. 21/11/02
Background
The treatment of a disease by introducing DNA into the cells of the patient. 27/08/02
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