Defytime Emea
- Oct 14, 2017
- 1 min
The importance of good neighbours [to protect Telomeres]: Birds who live next to family or friends a
The lyrics to the much-loved soap, Neighbours, claim that 'everybody needs good neighbours' – and it seems that this may even apply to...
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Defytime Emea
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
FDA panel backs gene therapy for rare form of blindness
Spark Therapeutics Inc's experimental gene therapy for a rare form of blindness improves vision and should be approved, advisers to the...
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marchiuse
- Oct 9, 2017
- 1 min
Gene therapy halts progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in clinical trial
Adrenoleukodystrophy — depicted in the 1992 movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” — is a genetic disease that most severely affects boys. Caused by a...
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Defytime Emea
- Oct 8, 2017
- 1 min
Titia de Lange to receive 2017 Rosenstiel Award
Titia de Lange, a biochemist who studies the protective ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, has been named the 2017 recipient of the...
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Defytime Emea
- Oct 5, 2017
- 1 min
Gene therapy shows promise for reversing blindness
Most causes of untreatable blindness occur due to loss of the millions of light sensitive photoreceptor cells that line the retina,...
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