No danger of cancer through gene therapy virus
The first modified adeno-associated virus was recently approved for clinical gene therapy in the Western world. Scientists from the National Center ...
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Gene therapy to prevent eyes from becoming blind from some genetic diseases with evolved virus …
Over the last six years, several teams of scientists have successfully treated people with a rare inherited eye disease by injecting a virus with a ...
IPO Preview: Bluebird Bio
By IPOdesktop: Based in Cambridge, MA, bluebird bio (BLUE) scheduled a $75 million IPO with a market capitalization of $314 million at a price range ...
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More Effective Gene Therapy May Be On The Horizon
Degenerative diseases of the retina arise from pathogenic mutations in mRNA transcripts expressed in the eye’s photoreceptor cells or retinal pigment ...
Scientists Evolve A Virus So It Can Deliver Gene Therapy
Technology review headline: Virus That Evolved in the Lab Delivers Gene Therapy into the Retina. Works for mice. The scientists are now trying to ...
Bluebird Bio shares rocket higher in trading debut
NEW YORK — Shares of gene therapy developer Bluebird Bio Inc. surged in their trading debut. Its shares climbed $9.91, or 58.3 percent, to close at ...
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Bluebird: A Hot Biotech IPO Lacking Human Clinical Data
Assessing the risk and rewards of a new biotech company that hasn't yet tested its drugs in real patients. Click to view a price quote on ...
A simple, non-invasive gene therapy restores sight
To evolve a virus best suited for gene therapy, Berkeley researchers created more than 100 million engineered adeno-associated viruses (left) and ...
Catch 22: Heads Bernanke Wins, Tails Investors Lose
Some traders believe that regardless of what Fed Chair Ben Bernanke says, stocks will fall anyway.
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Virus That Evolved in the Lab Delivers Gene Therapy into the Retina
From millions of random mutations, scientists identify a virus that could make gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases safer and more effective.