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Gene therapy = fountain of youth in mice
For the first time, scientists have used gene therapy as an anti-aging treatment and generated some success in mice.
Scientists successfully replicate synthetic DNA
Scientists have figured out how to make multiple copies of synthetic DNA--dubbed XNA--in the lab.
ARISk launched to screen for sibling autism risk
IntegraGen has launched ARISk Risk Assessment Test, its genetic tool for screening children as young as six months old for autism spectrum disorder.
Harvard's tiny DNA robots deliver cancer-killing treatment in lab
Drug delivery is becoming seriously sci-fi: Harvard University scientists successfully created a nano-like robot out of DNA that they believe can be a drug delivery stealth bomber, Bloomberg reports....
Early blood test could predict baby's sex
To the untutored (and often the tutored) eye, it can be hard to guess a baby's sex from an ultrasound scan. A simple blood test could predict the sex quickly and easily in the first trimester, long
Scripps discovery could lead to way to reverse schizophrenia
Existing schizophrenia treatments combat hallucinations, delusional behavior and other symptoms of the debilitating condition, with a heady number of side effects. But what if a drug could be
Cancer drug's attraction to RNA could produce better drug delivery targets
Researchers have discovered that a commonly used chemotherapy drug quickly binds to RNA and sticks to it. The finding, by scientists at the University of Oregon and published online in the journal
Scientists find new pulse on gene therapy delivery
While the researchers' new technique hasn't advanced enough to deliver drugs, a team at Ohio State University has invented a system that used electric pulses to send pieces of DNA into cells in a lab
Researchers retract last year's discovery of longevity genes
About a year ago, Boston University gerontologist Thomas Perls thought he and his colleagues had found genes associated with longevity--those identified in people who live to be 100 years old and
Genetic map of African Americans gives clues to diseases in all populations
Biotech researchers can now look at diseases specifically prevalent in the African American community with what is being called the world's most advanced and detailed genetic map. Harvard and Oxford
