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Genetic correction of deafness problems. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Genetic engineering to eradicate deafness

two drops. That's all it took to cure Aisam Dam from homeland destruction, forever. Two drops that were instilled in his ear and gave the 11-year-old boy the ability to hear - for the first time in his life - human voices
Type 2 diabetes. Image: depositphotos.com

Scientists have identified 117 genes that cause type 2 diabetes

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Extending life expectancy. Photo: depositphotos.com

Using gene therapy to extend life in mice

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Mice that received a gene encoding a telomere-producing enzyme extended their lifespan by forty percent, compared to a control group. Treatment with another gene, one that codes for the follistatin protein, resulted in a thirty-six percent extension of their lifespan
Nucleic acid-based vaccine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancer, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

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Vaccine technology based on DNA and RNA has already been in development for about thirty years, it happened to be ready to help develop a vaccine for Corona, but its potential is much higher, says a British researcher
A deaf person undergoes a hearing test. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed genetic therapy for deafness

A new study from Tel Aviv University presents an innovative treatment for deafness, which is based on the introduction of genetic cargo into the cells of the inner ear. As part of the treatment, the genetic load is inserted into the damaged cell in such a way that it actually "repairs" the genetic defect and allows the cell to continue to function normally
Prof. Gideon Ravavi, Head of the Cancer Research Department at the Sheba Medical Center. PR photo

The Israel Prize in Medical Sciences to Prof. Gideon Ravavi of Shiba, head of the "Genome-Based Hospital" program

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Selection of genetic traits. Illustration: shutterstock

It is not certain that it is possible to choose whether the child born through in vitro fertilization will be taller or smarter

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Prof. Ilana Gozes. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Researchers have developed a treatment that may prevent developmental delay and autism

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A schematic illustration demonstrating how the nanoparticles are routed to the target cell. Credit: Verda Wechsler

Researchers have succeeded in developing a platform for effective gene therapy in cancer, without side effects

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I will produce. Illustration from PIXABAY.COM

Gene therapy may cure Alzheimer's

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The figure shows the letters that represent DNA and RNA bases. A CRISPR spin-off is capable of changing bases in DNA and RNA. Source: Shaury Nash.

The most important discoveries in biology in 2017: precise editing of genes; A genetic cure for cancer

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Why don't genetic tests for cancer provide clearer answers?

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Genomic medicine. Photography: FoundationOne ©2012 Jon Chomitz Photography

Cancer treatment is taking a turn thanks to genomic medicine

Cancer medicine is moving to personalized treatment: patients will receive treatment that is specifically suited to their tumor
Whole stem cells (top left) are drained of their contents (the process is depicted in the direction of the arrow), reduced in the laboratory to nanometer size (nanometer ghosts), and loaded with nucleic acids (in blue). Those nano-ghosts are injected into the patient and through the blood vessels (in red) they reach the tumor (in green) specifically, and only there they unload their cargo, leading to the creation of the anti-cancer drug.

Cancer research: a dramatic improvement in the effectiveness of gene therapy

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Illustration depicting the behavior of a drop of water in oil within an electric field. [Courtesy: COPYRIGHT (C) 2015 TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]

An innovative method of introducing genes into cells

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gene therapy. Illustration: shutterstock

For the first time: a commercial genetic medicine

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Garden healing. Illustration: shutterstock

The second act of genetic healing / Ricky Lewis

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Image of the nano-syringe developed by BYU researchers for gene therapy.

A new nanodevice for gene therapy

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The repair is more efficient when the chromosome donating the replacement segment is closer to the damaged chromosome. Illustration illustrating the research findings, courtesy of Prof. Kopeik

The relationship between location and cancer

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Dr. Raz Somech, director of the North XNUMXnd Children's Department at the Edmond and Lili Safra Children's Hospital and the staff members who identified a gene that causes a decrease in the immune system. Sheba Hospital PR photo

Researchers from Sheba have discovered a new disease that damages the immune system and exposes its subjects to life-threatening infections

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Dendritic cell, from Wikipedia

Personalized medicine will enable the development of vaccines against cancerous tumors

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"Our innovative method, to the best of our knowledge, is the only prediction method currently available for finding the relationship and biological distance between any two selected genes, which makes it possible to discover the single gene responsible for any disease," explains lead researcher Yuval Eitan from Rockefeller University

The map of the connections between all the genes in a person

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The two different configurations of DNA - the normal form, B, and the damaged form, Z.

New calculations solve an age-old problem about DNA

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up. Retina of the eye of a macular degeneration (AMD) patient. Below: AMD's effect on the central visual system. Image: Stephen Tsang and the National Eye Institute.

Induced stem cells improved vision in blind mice

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Prof. Yossi Greenbaum. Photo: The Hebrew University

Researchers from the Hebrew University discovered that the location of the genes in the cell nucleus is important in disease prevention

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