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Telomerase Gene Therapy Extends Lives Of Mice By Up To 24 Percent

Written by: Peter Murray 10 hours ago

After being injected with the telomerase gene, adult and old mice lived 24 percent and 13 percent longer, respectively.

Scientists are doing their best to give us the gift of immortality. The latest in the fight against ever dying [...]

Genetics

“Good” Cholesterol Not So Good After All, New Study Shows

Written by: Peter Murray 4 days ago

A study of over a hundred thousand trial participants showed that gene variations which change levels of HDL have no effect on heart attack risk.

The revelation that high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, is the “good cholesterol” has suffered a major blow. A meta-study involving over [...]

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New Study Shows Gene Therapy For HIV Safe After A Decade

Written by: Peter Murray 5 days ago

The trial was led by University of Pennsylvania researchers Bruce Levine and Carl June.

A clinical trial testing a gene therapy for HIV patients is now 11 years old. Recently, the researchers running the [...]

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Scientists Make Bird Flu Transmissible Between Humans Then Tell World How To Do It

Written by: Peter Murray 8 days ago

The H5N1 virus, or Bird Flu, was easily transmissible between birds but not humans. Two scientists have changed that and are publishing how they did it.

The emergence of the avian flu in 2003 caused alarm around the world as it spread through countries in Asia, [...]

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Controversial Anti-Aging Chemical Resveratrol Back In The Spotlight With New Details About How It Works

Written by: Peter Murray 13 days ago

Small molecule, big controversy. A new study clears doubts about how resveratrol causes its anti-aging effects.

Resveratrol, the famed anti-aging supplement extracted from red wine, has experienced its share of controversy. An experimental artifact, a pair [...]

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Same Kidney Transplanted Twice

Written by: Peter Murray 25 days ago

Cera Fearing donated her kidney to her brother, Ray. When the kidney began to fail, Ray donated it to Erwin Gomez, who is healthy ten months after surgery.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ray Fearing suffered from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a common type of kidney disease, and needed a new kidney. [...]

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Regenokine: The Unproven Treatment That Professional Athletes Are Flying To Germany For

Written by: Peter Murray 30 days ago

Regenokine therapy, which involves spinning out and heating part of the blood then reinjecting it, remains both unproven by the FDA and popular among the rich and hopeful.

Kobe Bryant did it. Alex Rodriguez did it. Golfer Fred Couples did it, even the late Pope John Paul II [...]

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Drug To Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease Receives FDA Approval

Written by: Peter Murray 37 days ago

Amyvid, a drug that binds to a marker for Alzheimer's disease, gives physicians a new tool with which to differentiate between normal (left) and Alzheimer's (right) individuals.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lily just got FDA approval on a chemical that would enable clinicians to detect a biological marker [...]

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New Bedside Genetic Screen Yields Results In An Hour

Written by: David J. Hill 42 days ago

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A new point-of-care system accurately screens a patient’s DNA for a single gene in an hour. The shoebox-sized device from Canadian-based Spartan [...]

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Group Set To Sequence 1000 Genomes By The End Of The Year

Written by: Peter Murray 50 days ago

Begun in 2008, the "1000 Genomes Project" aims to sequence 1000 genomes and gain a deeper understanding of what genetic variations may put people at risk for disease.

When the Human Genome Project got underway in 1990 it was expected to take 15 years to sequence the over [...]