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Gene therapy has now been extended to include attempts to cure any disease by introduction of a cloned gene into the patient. The clinical uses of gene therapy are not limited to treatment of inherited diseases. Most cancers result from activation of an oncogene that leads to tumor formation, ...
It covers all aspects of human genetics, including molecular genetics, clinical genetics, behavioral genetics, immunogenetics, pharmacogenomics, population genetics, functional genomics, epigenetics, genetic counseling and gene therapy. Articles on the following areas are especially welcome: genetic factors of...
Infamous examples of human cloning literature and film include Sign in to download full-size image Cloning has been an inspiring subject for both popular and scientific authors. Ira Levin’s book The Boys from Brazil and Michael Bay’s block-buster movie The Island, or the less serious “Mini...
These cut-and-paste approaches are still widely used today and are commonly referred to as “traditional” (or conventional) cloning. Sign in to download full-size image Figure 2.1. Type of DNA ends generated by restriction enzymes. Representative examples of restriction enzymes generating sticky ...
Peptide EGF has been used for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer. But the inferiority of cost-effectiveness and the inconvenience of daily application might have restricted its wide clinical usage. EGF gene therapy could dramatically improve the efficacy and inconvenience through long-term expression...
This invention provides a method for detecting a rearrangement of a bcl-6 gene in B-cell lymphoma in a subject, comprising: (a) obtaining a DNA sample from the subject; (b) cleaving the DNA sample int
Cloning can take two forms: "reproductive" cloning and "therapeutic" or "research" cloning. These terms are not scientifically accurate, but are commonly used nevertheless. They stem from the process of somatic cell nuclear transfer, whereby an enucleated egg receives a nucleus from a somatic (...
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Examples of such cells include neurons in auditory brainstem that phase-lock their action potentials to stimulus frequencies of up to several kHz (see (9, 10, 11)) and hippocampal and cortical interneurons, which are capable of generating trains of action potentials at several hundred Hz (see ...