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Researchers announced a milestone in the field of gene therapy which could dramatically improve the lives of people living with hemophilia B.
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Immune disorder forced David Vetter to live in bubble - but thanks to gene therapy, similar kids today live free
Read More »Gene-Therapy Successes Spur Hope for Embattled Field
From Nature magazine. When it was first used in the 1990s to treat an immune deficiency, gene therapy -- treating diseases by correcting a patient's faulty genes -- was touted as a breakthrough that was likely to cure scores of hereditary diseases. But when 18-year-old Jessie Gelsinger died in 1999 after having a corrected gene injected to treat his liver disease, the field became wary, and researchers found it difficult to fix the problems associated with the technique
Read More »Video: Promising gene therapy treats Leukemia
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses an experimental gene therapy that used modified T-cells to attack tumor cells.
Read More »‘Amazing’ gene therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients
Scientists report breakthrough success with gene therapy to treat cancer
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