Gene therapy is a medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological...
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Sio Gene Therapies, Inc. (formerly known as Axovant Gene Therapies) was a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that developed gene therapies to treat...
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Gene therapy utilizes the delivery of DNA into cells, which can be accomplished by several methods, summarized below. The two major classes of methods...
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Retinitis pigmentosa (redirect from Gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa)
option for people with severe symptoms. There is only one FDA-approved gene therapy that is commercially available to RP patients with Leber congenital amaurosis...
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Tay–Sachs disease (redirect from Gene therapy for Tay–Sachs disease)
allele in certain populations. Researchers are looking at gene therapy or enzyme replacement therapy as possible treatments. Tay–Sachs disease is typically...
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This article contains a list of commercially available gene therapies. Alipogene tiparvovec (Glybera): AAV-based treatment for lipoprotein lipase deficiency...
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designed to address the root cause are currently available including gene therapy (Elevidys), and antisense drugs (Ataluren, Eteplirsen etc.). Other medications...
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Cystic fibrosis (redirect from Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis)
using gene therapy as routine therapy is not suggested. A small study published in 2015 found a small benefit. The focus of much CF gene therapy research...
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Thalassemia (redirect from Gene therapy for thalassemia)
cell-based gene therapy treatment utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The gene therapy is...
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introduction (through gene therapy) of suicide genes is a potential way of treating cancer or other proliferative diseases. Suicide genes form the basis of...
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Sickle cell disease (redirect from Gene therapy for sickle cell disease)
transfusion and the medication hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea). In 2023, new gene therapies were approved involving the genetic modification and replacement of...
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Glioblastoma (section Gene therapy)
stem-cell-based therapy. Other gene therapy approaches has also been explored in the context of glioblastoma, including suicide gene therapy. Suicide gene therapy is...
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Gene therapy for color blindness is an experimental gene therapy of the human retina aiming to grant typical trichromatic color vision to individuals with...
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Haemophilia (redirect from Gene therapy for haemophilia)
desmopressin may be used in those with mild haemophilia A. Studies of gene therapy are in early human trials. Haemophilia A affects about 1 in 5,000–10...
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genes: gene therapy gene therapy for epilepsy gene therapy for osteoarthritis gene therapy for color blindness gene therapy of the human retina gene therapy...
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Lentiviral vectors in gene therapy is a method by which genes can be inserted, modified, or deleted in organisms using lentiviruses. Lentiviruses are...
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Choroideremia (redirect from Gene therapy for choroideremia)
choroideremia; however, retinal gene therapy clinical trials have demonstrated a possible treatment. Since the CHM gene is located on the X chromosome...
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Experimental cancer treatment (redirect from Gene therapy for cancer)
papillomas and bladder cancer. Several drug therapies are being developed based on p53, the tumour suppressor gene that protects the cell in response to damage...
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Adeno-associated virus (section Use in gene therapy)
candidate for creating viral vectors for gene therapy, and for the creation of isogenic human disease models. Gene therapy vectors using AAV can infect both...
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Oncolytic virus (redirect from Oncolytic viral therapy)
"Systemic therapy of experimental breast cancer metastases by mutant vesicular stomatitis virus in immune-competent mice". Cancer Gene Therapy. 12 (4):...
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Genetic engineering (redirect from Gene manipulation)
genetic engineering has the potential to cure genetic diseases through gene therapy. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are used in industrial genetic engineering...
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untreatable. The role of CRISPR in gene therapy is to substitute exogenous DNA in place of defective genes. Gene therapy has made a huge impact and opened...
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Adrenoleukodystrophy (section Gene therapy)
are limited. For the childhood cerebral form, stem cell transplant and gene therapy are options if the disease is detected early in the clinical course....
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"Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery: Potential Applications for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies in the New Era of Personalized Medicine". Genes & Diseases. 4 (2):...
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Designer baby (section Germline gene modification)
commonly used in human cells are germline gene therapy and the engineered nuclease system CRISPR/Cas9. Gene therapy is the delivery of a nucleic acid (usually...
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Transplant rejection (section Gene therapy)
J, Iacomini J (April 2003). "Gene therapy progress and prospects: gene therapy in organ transplantation". Gene Therapy. 10 (8): 605–611. doi:10.1038/sj...
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Hurler syndrome (section Gene therapy)
with gene therapy. Most vectors can correct the disease in the liver and spleen, and can correct brain effects with a high dosage. Gene therapy has improved...
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Parkinson's disease (redirect from Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease)
animal models of the disease and studies of the potential usefulness of gene therapy, stem cell transplants, and neuroprotective agents. To aid in earlier...
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American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) is a professional non-profit medical and scientific organization based in Milwaukee, dedicated to understanding...
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Gene doping is the hypothetical non-therapeutic use of gene therapy by athletes in order to improve their performance in those sporting events which prohibit...
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