Various AAV Serotypes and Their Applications in Gene Therapy: An Overview
Cells, 2023 Despite scientific discoveries in the field of gene and cell therapy, some diseases still have no effective treatment. Advances in genetic engineering methods have enabled the development of effective gene therapy methods for various diseases based on ...
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Biomedicines, 2016 Background: Chemotherapy is one of the antitumor therapies used worldwide in spite of its serious side effects and unsatisfactory results. Many attempts have been made to increase its activity and reduce its toxicity.
Ahmed M. Al-Shammari +8 more
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The use of genes for performance enhancement: doping or therapy? [PDF]
, 2011 Recent biotechnological advances have permitted the manipulation of genetic sequences to treat several diseases in a process called gene therapy. However, the advance of gene therapy has opened the door to the possibility of using genetic manipulation ...
Collares, T. F. +4 more
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Androgenetic Alopecia: Therapy Update
Drugs, 2023 Androgenetic alopecia (AGA), also known as male pattern hair loss (MPHL) or female pattern hair loss (FPHL), is the most common form of alopecia worldwide, and arises from an excessive response to androgens.
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Tumor cell plasticity in targeted therapy-induced resistance: mechanisms and new strategies
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 Despite the success of targeted therapies in cancer treatment, therapy-induced resistance remains a major obstacle to a complete cure. Tumor cells evade treatments and relapse via phenotypic switching driven by intrinsic or induced cell plasticity ...
Zhenjun Shi +8 more
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Translating the combination of gene therapy and tissue engineering for treating recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa [PDF]
European Cells & Materials, 2018 The combination of gene therapy and tissue engineering is one of the most promising strategies for the treatment of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB).
A Dakiw Piaceski +8 more
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Factors modifying the risk for developing acute skin toxicity after whole-breast intensity modulated radiotherapy [PDF]
, 2014 Background: After breast-conserving radiation therapy most patients experience acute skin toxicity to some degree. This may impair patients' quality of life, cause pain and discomfort. In this study, we investigated treatment and patient-related factors,
De Langhe, Sofie +9 more
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Signaling pathways in rheumatoid arthritis: implications for targeted therapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable systemic autoimmune disease. Disease progression leads to joint deformity and associated loss of function, which significantly impacts the quality of life for sufferers and adds to losses in the labor force.
Qian Ding +9 more
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Optimizing survival outcomes with post-remission therapy in acute myeloid leukemia. [PDF]
, 2019 Optimization of post-remission therapies to maintain complete remission and prevent relapse is a major challenge in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Chan, Steven M +4 more
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Targeting Oncogenic BRAF: Past, Present, and Future. [PDF]
, 2019 Identifying recurrent somatic genetic alterations of, and dependency on, the kinase BRAF has enabled a "precision medicine" paradigm to diagnose and treat BRAF-driven tumors.
Bivona, Trever G +2 more
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