Health News Archives

Gene Transfer Therapy Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
Movement improved after treatment to stop death of dopamine-producing brain cells, study finds

Gene Studies Offer Insights Into Cancer
One details disease's spread, the other offers potential for better chemotherapy

Study Offers Hope Against Leading Cause of Blindness
In mice, gene therapy showed promise in fighting retinitis pigmentosa

Gene Identified That May Fight Colon Cancer
Findings in mice could lead to new targeted tumor treatments, study suggests

Genetically Altered Cells Show Promise for Burn Patients
Cultured skin graft therapy may prove to be alternative infection-control method, study says

Appetite Hormone May Combat Type 2 Diabetes
Mouse study finds leptin keeps body from overproducing insulin

Cancer Researchers Announce Gene Therapy Success
For the first time, tweaking DNA leads to sustained tumor regression

Scientists Recreate an Ancient Gene
They reverse the evolutionary process to see how life is engineered

New Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Hereditary Heart Conditions
In animal study, single injection into a vein hints of long-lasting treatment for humans

Cancer Gene Also Involved in Hair Loss
Finding might lead to genetic therapy for baldness, study suggests