genetics
'Breakthrough' CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol In First Human Clinical Trial
Posted in Medicine, Science on 24th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
For these treatments, scientists extract immune cells or blood cells from the body, edit the cells using CRISPR to correct the genetic mistake, and reinfuse the treated cells into the patient.
New research advances understanding of cancer risk in gene therapies
Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
The gene therapy treatment itself is not the likely cause of new DNA mutations in blood stem cells.
Genetically modifying T-cells cuts blood cancer progression by 74%, trial finds
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
A revolutionary blood cancer treatment that genetically modifies patient cells to fight the disease cuts the risk of it progressing by 74%, a world-first clinical trial has found.
How TRACERx is helping us predict lung cancer’s next move
Posted in Medicine, Science on 21st May, 2023
by Alex Muller
The TRACERx team took multiple samples from over 400 tumours to try and determine the order that these subclones developed in, and why certain subclones were selected for where others weren’t. Doing that could give us clues as to what a person’s cancer might do next.
Gene Linked To Leukemia Found To Decrease Insulin Production In Diabetics
Posted in Medicine on 25th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller
"We have also been able to identify a gene that proved to be very strongly associated with impaired insulin secretion."