Search Results for: Brain gene therapy

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

CYP46A1 gene therapy deciphers the role of brain cholesterol metabolism in Huntington’s disease.

Publication date: Jul 09, 2019 Dysfunctions in brain cholesterol homeostasis have been extensively related to brain disorders. The main pathway for brain cholesterol elimination is its hydroxylation into 24S-hydroxycholesterol by ... Read more

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018

Gene Therapy VY-HTT01 Can Protect Brain Cells from Damage Caused by HTT Faulty Gene, Results Show

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Oct 23, 2018 This post was originally published on this site One-time delivery of Voyager Therapeutics’ lead candidate gene therapy, VY-HTT01, effectively reduced the levels of the faulty ... Read more

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018

Probe That Acts as PET Scan Tracer May Give Glimpse into Gene Therapy’s Effects on Brain

Multiple Sclerosis News

Publication date: Jun 29, 2018 A radioactive probe that might enable imaging tools to effectively monitor what a gene therapy is doing in the brain – important in treating diseases ... Read more

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

Minipigs as a Large-Brained Animal Model for Huntington’s Disease: From Behavior and Imaging to Gene Therapy.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Jun 02, 2018 Large animal models offer novel opportunities in exploring safety, biology, and efficacy of novel therapeutic approaches for Huntington’s disease (HD). Challenges in the development of, ... Read more

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018

Gene therapy researchers find viral barcode to cross the blood-brain barrier

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Feb 09, 2018 UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Aravind Asokan, PhD, reveal how certain gene-carrying AAV vectors can penetrate the brain more efficiently to treat brain ... Read more

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

Clinical Trial of MGMT(P140K) gene therapy in the treatment of paediatric patients with brain tumours.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jan 31, 2018 Gene transfer targeting haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in children has shown sustained therapeutic benefit in the treatment of genetic diseases affecting the immune system, most ... Read more

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019

Blue light-triggered optogenetic system for treating uveal melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 06, 2019 Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular primary malignancy in adults and has been considered a fatal disease for decades. Optogenetics is an emerging technique ... Read more

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019

WEBINAR “Genetics in Parkinson’s Disease – Lessons from a Global Cohort”

Parkinson's Disease Media

Publication date: Dec 06, 2019 Watch Dr. Peter Bauer, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at CENTOGENE, as he introduces Parkinson?s Disease (PD) and outlines genetic screening options for PD. You will ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Cutting neurodegeneration associated with dementia, in animal models

Parkinson's Disease News

Publication date: Nov 26, 2019 The Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Pann Ghill Suh) announced on November 12 that korean research team made up of Dr. Hyung-Jun Kim and ... Read more

December 3, 2019

Brain pacemakers a boon for Parkinson patients

Parkinson's Disease News

Publication date: Dec 03, 2019 Dr Anirban Deep Banerjee, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon & Functional Neurosurgeon, Institute of Neurosciences, Medanta – The Medicity, highlights to Prathiba Raju, about the long term ... Read more