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A team of scientists from the University of Amsterdam has presented a groundbreaking approach to HIV treatment that could change the lives of millions of people around the world. Their work is focused on using an advanced gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to not just contain but completely remove the human immunodeficiency virus from the […]
In 2020, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the genome editing method, and three years later, the tool was licensed for the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. Both inherited blood disorders are caused by errors in the hemoglobin gene. People with sickle cell anemia […]
Due to the misdiagnosis of hypertension and other diseases, millions of people may be taking medications without any real reason, according to the study authors. A recent study conducted by The Ohio State University in conjunction with the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology found that millions of people are at risk […]
The researchers presented the results of an experimental immunotherapeutic drug, which proved to be an effective method of treatment even for those tumors that recurred or did not respond to other types of immunotherapy. It is noteworthy that in combination with drugs already approved for humans, scientists have noted a tenfold increase in the production […]