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09 Apr 2018

Novartis to buy US gene therapy group AveXis for $8.7 billion

It said the all-cash deal was approved unanimously by the boards of both firms.

28 Mar 2018

Gene therapy may boost stroke recovery

The study, carried out on mice, shows that turning on a gene inside cells called astrocytes results in a smaller scar and -- potentially -- a more effective recovery from injury.

14 Dec 2017

Gene therapy drug shows promise of haemophilia cure

Over one year on from a single treatment with a gene therapy drug, participants with haemophilia A (the most common type) are showing normal levels of the previously missing protein, and effectively curing them.

11 Nov 2017

Partial vision could be restored through new gene therapy

People who have lost their sight to an inherited retinal disease can see well enough to navigate the maze, say researchers.

11 Nov 2017

Gene therapy helps treat life-threatening skin disease

The boy suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a genetic skin disease that had destroyed about 80 per cent of the outermost layer of his skin.

30 Aug 2017

US approves first gene therapy for cancer

Gene therapy is a treatment that uses a patient`s own immune cells to fight leukemia.

04 Aug 2017

This new gene therapy via skin can help treat diabetes, obesity

Researchers from the University of Chicago, using CRISPR, have edited the skin stem cells from newborn mice which prompted the cells to secrete glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1).

05 Jun 2017

This new gene therapy could help 'turn-off' asthma!

The study showed that the single treatment may give life-long protection from asthma as well as those who have severe allergies to peanuts, bee venom, shell fish and other substances by de-sensitising the immune system to tolerate the protein.

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11 Oct 2016

Gene therapy may treat Alzheimer's disease

Previous studies by the same team suggest this gene, called PGC1 - alpha, may prevent the formation of a protein called amyloid-beta peptide in cells in the lab.

17 Apr 2016

All you need to know about Haemophilia!

04 Dec 2015

Gene therapy cures leukemia patient in China

Chinese doctors have cured a patient of leukemia using gene therapy, a hospital in Chongqing announced on Friday.

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