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  • Diabetes--What You Need to Know About This Hidden Danger


    Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose (sugar) for our bodies to burn to create energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, produces a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes large amounts of sugar to build up in your blood.

    The actual cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental facto ...
    Author:     Larry Denton
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  • The Prison Mirror (part of Prison Series)
    The true measure of social consciousness is prisons. They tell more about society than any travelogue possibly could. They are the product of ignorance as a tradition and undeniable social regression. Send a law breaker to prison and convert him to a vicious vengeful beast. Then send him back where he came from. Let the taxpayer suffer from his crime. Let the taxpayer pay for his maintenance and conversion. Let the taxpayer support his family. Let his children grow up with no father. See if they dare follow in his footsteps. Let the taxpayer pay for any feeble attempt at his rehabilitation. Le ...
    Author:     Ed Howes
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    Gene therapy corrects PKU in mice (Reuters)
    Reuters - Researchers have used a novel gene transfer technique to remedy a genetic defect, phenylketonuria (PKU), in mice. The process targets a corrective gene to a specific neutral site on the chromosomes of liver cells, so that inserting the gene doesn't cause any genetic damage.


    American Society of Gene Therapy, 8th Annual Meeting
    Latest gene therapy research to be presented in St. Louis, June 1-5, 2005 The latest research in the field of gene therapy will be presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT), June 1-5, 2005, in St. Louis. The leadi


    Colgate Is Looking At Gene Therapy To Combat Oral Cancers
    Brush your teeth and rinse with gene therapy. That could be the future of oral health care as envisioned by Colgate-Palmolive and Introgen Therapeutics, a biotechnology company. The companies announced an alliance on Friday to incorporate gene therapy an exotic, experimental and so far largely unsuccessful form of medicine into mouthwashes, gels and similar products to treat and prevent oral cancers. Colgate is buying about 3.6 million shares of Introgen, or a 9.7 percent stake. Colgate will pay $20 million, or $5.54 a share, the same as Introgen's closing price on Thursday. On Friday, Introgen shares climbed 8 percent, to $5.96 Gene therapy involves putting genes into cells in the body, often to replace g...


     
    		 
     


  • Lasers - A Modern Cosmetic Treatment For Acne Blemishes

    The best way to protect your skin from acne-related scarring is to take preventative measures early on. But it is often true that people who suffer from acne are unable to prevent future scarring sufficiently. In fact, it is estimated that more than 10 million Americans end up with scarring caused by acne.

    There are many degrees of acne-related scarring. In some cases, the scarring is very minimal and hard to notice. But in other cases, scarring is severe and can cause long-term emotional damage. Many teenagers who have severe scarring caused by acne suffer from depression and a loss ...
    Author: Greg Podsakoff
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  • Additional Resources
    ... al. The challenge of follow-up for clinical trials of somatic gene therapy. Human Gene Therapy 1999. 3(6): 657-63. This article emphasizes the importance of follow up for participants in gene transfer ...



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  • Philosophy, Technology and the Future / Jacquelyn Ann Kegley
    ... b. Is somatic gene therapy an ethical and necessary medical technology? c. Is presumed consent an ethical and correct viable policy for organ transplantation in the United States? d. Is utilization of ...


  • MPrize-How to Compete
    ... In particular, any transgenic change to a mouse (unless performed by somatic gene therapy) counts as an intervention begun at age zero, so the "nominal age" of such mice is just their actual age ...


  • Somatic Gene Therapy
    Somatic Gene Therapy Somatic Gene therapy is provided by introducing a new therapeutic gene (transgene) into the diseased cells of a patient. The modified cells express the introduced gene and their ...


  • Department of Health: Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
    ... 3. To date, all but two of the trials of somatic gene therapy considered by GTAC have been intended to be performed in adults or young persons over 16 years. The two exceptions were in young children ...


  • Horst Ibelgaufts'COPE: Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
    ... 112: 140-6 (1988); Clapp DW Somatic gene therapy into hematopoietic cells. Current status and future implications. Clin. Perinatol. 20: 155-68 (1993); Cournoyer D and Caskey CT Gene therapy of the ...


  • WTA FAQ
    ... In somatic gene therapy, a virus is typically used as a vector to insert genetic material into the cells of the recipient's body. The effects of such interventions do not carry over into the next ...


  • Homepage
    ... One such form of treatment is somatic gene therapy, which has recently become a reality with the initiation of clinical trials for three life-threatening primary immunodeficiency disorders. The Unit ...


  • Forskningsetiskt forum
    ... Nyckelord Gene therapy, gene transfer, genetic enhancement, somatic gene therapy, germline gene therapy, genetic engineering, bioethics, policy, social responsibility, eugenics. InnehÂll Introduction ...


  • Cancer and Stem Cell Therapy
    ... Future developments include the use of blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells for somatic gene therapy. The availability of growth factors has been an important prerequisite for the development of ...


  • Research Programmes - National Programmes - National Research Programmes
    ... of Competence in Research International Programmes National Research Programme 37 NRP 37 Somatic Gene Therapy The general aim of the programme was to help Swiss clinics and institutes to get a head ...


  • Centre of Endocrinology and Diabetes
    ... hk) Publications of the Center Application of Genetically Engineered Cell Lines for Insulin Replacement in Diabetes (Chinese version) Advances in Liver-Directed Somatic Gene Therapy for Endocrine and ...


  • GENE THERAPY
    ... Risk and the need for humility and prudence in genetic developments Is somatic gene therapy be ethically acceptable? Would human germline gene therapy be ethically acceptable? Positive Eugenics - is ...


  • Science Blog - European scholars support altering human gene line
    ... There is now proof of concept that somatic gene therapy can be used for clinical purposes in humans. Some of the technical problems affecting somatic gene modification do not affect IGM if this is ...


  • Manbir Online ...Gene therapy
    ... Theapy. Somatic Gene Therapy and Germline Gene Therapy. Somatic gene therapy involves the manipulation of gene expression in cells that will be corrective to the patient but not inherited to the next ...


  • Embracing Change with All Four Arms
    ... of gene-engineering: (a) that there should be considerable prior experience with human somatic cell gene therapy, which has clearly established its safety and efficacy; and (b) that there should be ...


  • NIMR :: Mill Hill Essays 1995 :: Gene Therapy: Simple in Theory but Difficul...
    ... While somatic gene therapy is thought to be appropriate, germ line gene therapy, in which the changes would be made in germ cells and so would be passed on to the offspring, is not allowed. If we ...


  • Gene Therapy Center - University of Florida
    ... John Flannery at UC Berkeley, recombinant AAV containing opsin promoter/b subunit of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase constructs are being provided for use in somatic gene therapy of retinal degeneration ...


  • Article Comments
    ... This would also be much more cost-effective than providing somatic gene therapy for each generation (Cassells & Gaul,1998). ìI donít care what my baby is, as long as itís healthy.î Every nurse has ...


  • Dictionary definition of SOMATIC CELL GENE THERAPY
    Dictionary definition of SOMATIC CELL GENE THERAPY Browse Dictionary by alphabet 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top Words soak soap soapberry tree soapfish ...


  • CMP Directory - Training Awards
    ... of genetic diseases include enzyme therapy, transplantation, and special interest in somatic gene therapy. Index Terms Animal models, brain, gene therapy, genetic diseases, heart, hematopoietic ...



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  • Welcome to Human Genetics Alert
    ... The protocol articles 26-31 contain a set of such rules relating to one type of research (somatic gene therapy); it is not clear to us why the working party has neglected to supply draft text with a ...


  • Disabled People Speak on the New Genetics: a report on Disability and Bioeth...
    ... gene. There are two kinds of gene therapy: Somatic gene therapy - alters the individual gene level. Germ line therapy (or human genetic engineering) - alters all the cells in the body, including the ...


  • Official Communications
    ... Read the story as it develops from the WEB site of the Swiss National program NFP37 'somatic gene therapy': http://www.unifr.ch/nfp37/adverse.html Boston 16.9.02 Second Bulletin on the WEB we have ...


  • Union for Reform Judaism - RESOLUTION ON STEM CELL RESEARCH
    ... opportunity for treating or preventing diseases through gene manipulation, often called "gene therapy." Somatic gene therapy attempts to correct a genetic defect in the cells or tissues of an ...


  • BATS: Pre-symptomatic diagnostics: benefits, pitfalls and comments
    ... health? Sandro Rusconi, scientific director NFP37 program 'somatic gene therapy' Foreword The news of the scientific publishing of the human genome sequence has hit the media in recent weeks. Where is ...


  • [Full text] Gene Therapy: The Potential Applicability of Gene Transfer Techn...
    ... Thus, human germline genetic modification is far more ethically contentious than somatic gene therapy. However, such bioethical matters are beyond the scope of the present discussion. Instead, this ...


  • Ifgene -- International Forum for Genetic Engineering: Article by R. Hayes o...
    ... U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved somatic gene therapy trials, but said that it would not accept proposals for germline manipulation "at present." That ambiguous decision did little to ...


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    ... somatic o antigen diagram academy of somatic healing arts modified somatic pain questionaire Info on difference between visceral and somatic pain Looking for somatic cells or somatic gene therapy on ...


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  • Lower Cholesterol Levels Are Critical To Good Health
    Article: Lower Cholesterol Levels Are Critical To Good Health By Phil Beckett Copyright © Physique Concepts Inc.

    Can any man really lower his cholesterol?

    Lower cholesterol levels should be a health concern of every man.

    Heart disease is the number one killer among so-called healthy men in Western world today. More than 40% of men will die from it.

    What is particularly disturbing is that strokes and heart attacks are becoming much more common in younger men.

    It seems that younger men, even those who look physically like they are in good health, are dying because they can't lower ...
    Author: The New Women's Health & Fitness Spotlight
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  • The Natural Roots of Sexuality
    Recent studies in animal sexuality serve to dispel two common myths: that sex is exclusively about reproduction and that homosexuality is an unnatural sexual preference. It now appears that sex is also about recreation as it frequently occurs out of the mating season. And same-sex copulation and bonding are common in hundreds of species, from bonobo apes to gulls.

    Moreover, homosexual couples in the Animal Kingdom are prone to behaviors commonly - and erroneously - attributed only to heterosexuals. The New York Times reported in its February 7, 2004 issue about a couple of gay penguins ...
    Author:     Sam Vaknin
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