New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease, page 1
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Topic started on 6-11-2009 @ 09:54 AM by searching_for_truth

New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease


news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON – French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.
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reply posted on 6-11-2009 @ 11:05 AM by HotSauce
reply to post by searching_for_truth


You know you are right. I saw a documentary where doctors were using a particular altered flu virus to manipulate the genes of a chicken. It is amazing that they can do this or decide how to do it.
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