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GMO viruses for coronary artery disease
Whoda thought that injecting viruses into peoples hearts would be not only fun, but good for their health! I just wrote about this little guy that can turn regular heart muscle cells into pacemaker...
View ArticleHold off on the chemo! Herpes doesnt like it!
Hey remember how I told you all scientists are using herpes, the regular-ol much hated cold-sore virus, to treat/cure cancers? The approach has left us with miraculous effects… or no effects at all. I...
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1800 gene therapy trials
I wish I wish I wish this article was open access! ARG!! Gene therapy clinical trials worldwide to 2012 – an update This article is a great review of gene therapy as a therapy, and how it has evolved...
View ArticleNew weapon in the pipeline: GMO herpes vs Ovarian and Breast Cancer (+...
This is one of the cool ideas not included in the 1800 human gene therapy trials because its still in animal models, not humans: Preclinical Therapy of Disseminated HER-2+ Ovarian and Breast Carcinomas...
View Article‘Dismal prognosis’ with leukemia? Nothing a GMO virus cant fix.
Using a genetically modified HIV-1 to genetically modify leukemia patients T-cells to teach them how to kill the cancer? YAWN! Thats childs play, at this point. Lets give those GMO viruses a real...
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More gene therapy for more kinds of blindness!
This therapy isnt perfect, but its a cool start! Retinal gene therapy in patients with choroideremia: initial findings from a phase 1/2 clinical trial ‘Choroideremia‘ is a kind of blindness caused by...
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GMO retroviruses vs Parkinsons
Long-term safety and tolerability of ProSavin, a lentiviral vector-based gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease: a dose escalation, open-label, phase 1/2 trial 1. Start with HIV-1s ‘country cousin‘,...
View ArticleGMO virus vs B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Why is this not a standard...
WHY IS THIS NOT STANDARD THERAPY YET? Efficacy and Toxicity Management of 19-28z CAR T Cell Therapy in B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia I wrote about this last year: ‘Dismal prognosis’ with...
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GMO in GMOs used to make GMO cells to treat HIV
You all might have heard about ‘delta32′ or ‘delta-CCR5′ people in association with HIV infection. People who naturally, by chance, have deletions and mutations in the CCR5 gene of their DNA dont make...
View ArticleGMO Virus: Long-term success treating Hemophilia B
One of my favorite stories is the tale of a GMO virus deployed to treat Hemophilia B: Gene therapy for Hemophilia B … Hemophilia B is a disease in males caused by point mutations/deletions/etc in the...
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