StitchR, a new gene therapy technique, delivers large genes in two parts to treat muscular dystrophies by restoring critical proteins in animal models.
Gene therapy can effectively treat various diseases, but for some debilitating conditions like muscular dystrophies there is a big problem: size.
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Pritchards Island is deemed one of the best outdoor labs on the East Coast. It’s become a selling point as USCB develops a ...
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Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that—for example—are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...
The UChicago Medicine team will be led by Odunsi as co-principal investigator and includes Christopher Weber, Savas Tay, and ...
Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...