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Engineered measles virus prolongs lifespan of brain cancer-stricken mice

Scientists are testing an engineered measles virus as a cancer weapon. Absorb that thought first: Something so threatening on its own can be used to a better purpose. And now consider the specifics:...

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

SPANosomes deliver siRNA more effectively

If not for a delivery problem, gene-silencing siRNA therapy would be much closer to reality inside the clinic today. But more than a decade after its discovery, siRNA has proven to be difficult to

Enzyme insights could lead to better sunburn treatments

Insects, fish, amphibians, marsupials and even bacteria have something that mammals lack, and it's an enzyme that we humans could use during these hot summer days. It's called photolyase and it