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No more 'death sentence': 100% survival rate achieved in gene therapy trial
A gene therapy offered new hope for children suffering from a rare and potentially fatal immune disorder, according to a ...
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Gene therapy could extend the lives of children with rare immune disorder
A gene therapy has restored immune function in nine children with severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I, a rare immune disorder ...
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Parasite-induced ICAM-1/CD18 interactions trap infected immune cells in cerebral capillaries, aiding the spread of Toxoplasma gondii and its invasion of brain neurons. This process sheds light on ...
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Gene Therapy May Extend Lives in Rare Immune Disorder
An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life ...
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Gene Therapy Restores Immune Function in Children With Rare Disorder
An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life ...
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Gene Therapy Revives Immune Function in Rare Disorder
LAD-I is a genetic condition that affects approximately one in a million people in the world. It is caused by mutations in ...
London hospital gene therapy breakthrough gives boy with ‘death sentence’ disease a normal life
A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a “death sentence” is living a normal life after taking part in a ...
Boy with ‘death sentence’ disease living a normal life after breakthrough gene therapy
A four-year-old boy with a life-threatening immune disease is now living a normal life thanks to a pioneering gene therapy ...
Investigational gene therapy gives children with rare immune disorder a new lease on life
An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life ...
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Breakthrough gene therapy gives boy with ‘death sentence’ disease a normal life
LAD-1 is an inherited genetic disease. It causes a mutation in the gene ITGB2, which is responsible for making a protein ...
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Gene therapy restores immune function and extends lives of children with rare immune disorder
Two years after receiving an investigational gene therapy as part of a clinical trial co-led by UCLA’s Dr. Donald Kohn, nine children born with a life-threatening immune disorder are living free of ...