Gene therapy frees men of cancer
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Scientists clear two men of deadly skin cancer by genetically modifying their immune cells.
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Genetically altered immune cells  wiped out tumors in two men with a deadly form of skin cancer  and kept the patients disease-free for at least 18 months, U.S.  scientists said on Thursday.
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Loss of a tumor suppresser gene called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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Scientists have found a way of treating potentially fatal diseases by switching off harmful genes. In what is described as one of the most important breakthroughs in decades
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A small pilot study shows that  gene therapy might help men with erectile dysfunction.
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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A gene therapy trial starts which scientists hope will extend the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy.
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Scientists in Dundee hope that gene research will aid efforts to reduce medication for cancer patients.
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Scientists have discovered a new  cancer-causing gene that they believe could be a molecular  master switch for the disease.
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Scientists have shown they can reduce cholesterol levels in mice by shutting off a disease-causing gene with a technique called RNA interference.
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A team of US researchers successfully turned back advanced melanoma skin cancer by manipulating the genes of white blood cells to get them to attack the cancer, according to a new report.
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Genetically altered immune cells shrank tumors in skin cancer patients, researchers report, in a technique that may soon be applicable to many other types of cancer.
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A treatment that involves slipping billions of copies of a gene into the brain seemed to improve symptoms without causing side effects.
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SCIENTISTS at Stanford University have discovered an antibiotic capable of turning off cancer cells in mice. It could offer hope to cancer treatment in future.
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They silenced RNA and cut cholesterol in mice, adding that it could open doors to treating other diseases. By EJ Mundell. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- By harnessing a natural gene-silencing mechanism
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Men with advanced prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy could benefit from a drug now used to treat breast cancer, say scientists.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.