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Regulating Human Gene Therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Scientific developments have moved the public debate on genetic engineering to the issue of human gene therapy. Because so many important societal values must be weighed in deciding which, if any, of the first protocols for human gene therapy should be ...
Areen, Judith C.
core   +1 more source

Improved TMC1 gene therapy restores hearing and balance in mice with genetic inner ear disorders

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Fifty percent of inner ear disorders are caused by genetic mutations. To develop treatments for genetic inner ear disorders, we designed gene replacement therapies using synthetic adeno-associated viral vectors to deliver the coding sequence for ...
Carl Nist-Lund   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Correlates of Anxiety and Depression After Diagnosis of a Pediatric Brain Tumor

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The prevalence and clinical correlates of symptoms of anxiety and depression in pediatric patients with brain tumors are not well described. We aimed to identify clinical characteristics that are correlated with elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression following initial diagnosis.
Bryony J. Lucas   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preoperative Cytopenia in Patients Affected by High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Just a Matter of Platelets?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims In patients affected by high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NB), complete macroscopic resection (CMR) is associated with better outcomes. These patients are often cytopenic due to intensive induction regimens. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of preoperative cytopenia on surgical outcome in patients with HR‐NB ...
Giorgio Persano   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term reestablishment of alpha-L-iduronidase activity in MPS I fibroblasts after non-viral gene transfer

open access: yesClinical and Biomedical Research, 2017
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a lysosomal storage disorder due to deficiency of alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA). Limitations such as need of weekly injection, high morbidity and mortality  and high cost of the current treatments show the need for ...
Fabiano de Oliveira Poswar   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Assessment of the frequency and association with morbidity of DNA markers in multinational administrative divisions based on indigenous population data (based on cardiovascular diseases)

open access: yesКардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика
Information on morbidity is presented in statistical reports for the entire population of multinational subjects of Russia, but population Biobanks contain information on individual peoples.Aim.
E. V. Balanovskaya   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol addiction: a molecular biology perspective. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Alcohol misuse represents worldwide an important risk factor for death and disability. Excessive alcohol consumption is widely diffused in different ethnicities and alcohol use is part of the lifestyle of both young and old people.
Ferraguti, Giampiero   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Relation of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Clinical and Patient‐Reported Outcomes for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Registry Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events prior to age 18 that are known to have a lasting impact on individuals’ health and well‐being. There is a gap in understanding the relationship between ACEs and Other Life Stressors and health status for adults with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Marsha Treadwell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antisense Oligonucleotide-based Splice Correction for USH2A-associated Retinal Degeneration Caused by a Frequent Deep-intronic Mutation

open access: yesMolecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2016
Usher syndrome (USH) is the most common cause of combined deaf-blindness in man. The hearing loss can be partly compensated by providing patients with hearing aids or cochlear implants, but the loss of vision is currently untreatable.
Radulfus WN Slijkerman   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new targeted CFTR mutation panel based on next-generation sequencing technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Searching for mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR) is a key step in the diagnosis of and neonatal and carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), and it has implications for prognosis and personalized therapy ...
Alberti, Luisella   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

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