gene therapy

Microscopic image of a fetal kidney grown in the laboratory. Photo: Sheba Spokesperson

For the first time in the world: Sheba and Tel Aviv University researchers grew fetal kidney components from stem cells

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The kidney grew and developed over many months and underwent processes similar to those in pregnancy | The organoid allows for the development of regenerative medicine treatments, testing drug toxicity during pregnancy on fetal kidneys, and shedding light on birth defects
Color medical imaging reviews of anatomical structures with bilateral symmetry.

Gene therapy in an improved recipe

An innovative treatment for Gaucher's disease shows promising results in mice and gives hope to patients after decades of research
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
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 protein follistatin, resulted in an extension of life span
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"
Prof. Gideon Ravavi, Head of the Cancer Research Department at the Sheba Medical Center. PR photo

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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Defective genes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. From Wikipedia

Began recruiting Duchenne syndrome patients for genetic therapy in Bnei Zion

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the healing process

Gene therapy of beta thalassemia

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The opening page of the first publication in which Huntington describes the disease named after him

Oedipus, Theresias and Huntington's disease: the prophecy fulfilled

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Figure 3 Culture of human embryonic stem cells growing on a substrate of mouse-derived fibroblast cells. The substrate cells are tens of times larger than the embryonic stem cells. Photographed with a light microscope at 20x magnification. Courtesy of Prof. Nissim Benvanisti, The Hebrew University

Stem cells in the service of medicine

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Artist's impression of an aquareovirus image as computed by Cryo-EM 3-D

An innovative microscope capable of distinguishing individual atoms

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Brain parts associated with autism.

Autism: a curable condition?

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An image that won fourth place in the Worcester Institute's scientific photography competition

One lost garden leads to one whole branch?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Genetic medicine: cure the blind with one shot

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A discovery by Hebrew University researchers may lead to significant progress on the way to genetic therapy for AIDS and cancer

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

"DNA-tweezers." Tiny captures and releases objects on demand

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A young researcher at the University of Jerusalem has developed an innovative approach to the treatment of metabolic disorders

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

How does RNA interfere?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A gene editing technique may cure genetic diseases caused by a single gene mutation

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Gene therapy was successful in repairing heart cells

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Gene therapy may melt fats in the body

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Doctors in the US managed to cure two malignant melanoma patients with the help of gene therapy

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Will humans get to live 150 years?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

What is the human genome, and what are the benefits and dangers of deciphering it

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Decoding the genome is only a third of the way

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The genetic revolution

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