The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3
HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS
Artificial chromosomes could cure diseases

gene shuttle" technique for ferrying DNA into cells. Once modified, the artificial chromosome can be duplicated hundreds of thousands of times. The company says that the amount of protein produced rises in step with the number of gene copies, and that the chromosome does not interfere with natural chromosomes and so should be safer than inserting genes into host DNA.

Because the company is about to sell shares on the Canadian stock market, it is barred from talking to the media. But in a prospectus available to the public, Chromos says it plans to insert the chromosomes into cells which will be grown in fermenters to produce beneficial proteins and to genetically engineer animals so that they produce valuable proteins in their milk. It has already produced a second line of mice, this time carrying a gene that makes a therapeutic antibody.

In a project with the Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Chromos is testing artificial chromosomes which produces a protein to ease the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. The team inserts the chromosome into the cultured cells of a rat with arthritis and then injects them into the rat's joints. If the system works in rats, then trials could begin in people.


'"/>

Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-331-2751
New Scientist
7-Jul-2000


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt bodys ability to count calories
2. Artificial light-dark cycles expose circadian clocks at odds with each other
3. Artificial prions created
4. Artificial organ research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers
5. Artificial life experiments show how complex functions can evolve
6. Artificial cell gets light-powered nanopump for calcium ions
7. Artificial intelligence, swimmer detectors, and blast resistant structures
8. Artificial antibodies created by new molecular imprinting process
9. Artificial lung on the horizon, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation meeting
10. Artificial muscles release medicine from tiny implants
11. Artificial Gels Could Speed DNA Sequencing

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
TAG: Artificial chromosomes could cure diseases

(Date:11/23/2009)...outhern California biomedical engineer and cardiol...ol to help clinicians distinguish cardiac emergenc...ems manageable with drugs and lifestyle change. ,...to the arteries feeding the heart, offer an inside...lood vessels, often revealing deposits of a danger...
(Date:11/23/2009)...to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poul...illed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald... in Germany and his team. Their use of infrared sp...shows that it is a fast and accurate method with t...o identify and select female eggs for breeding. Th...
(Date:11/23/2009)...re a nasty business, posing dangers to human healt...sity is launching a new project with funding from ...t targets the fat and grease that contribute to mi...n planners new tools to further reduce the risk of...anitary" sewer systems, as opposed to "combined" s...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Stable plaque or heart attack plaque? USC researcher builds new sensor to tell which is which 2Rescuing male turkey chicks 2Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows 2Study Links Epilepsy to Brain Protein 57562 1Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45 000 Deaths 3A Study 57560 1Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45 000 Deaths 3A Study 57560 2Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45 000 Deaths 3A Study 57560 3Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation 9972 1Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation 9972 2Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation 9972 3
(Date:11/23/2009)...e-FirstCall/--PDLBioPharma,Inc.(PDL)(Nasdaq: PDLI ...2009astheex-dividenddateforits$200millionspecialdi...transactioncompletedonNovember2,2009.Thedividendwi...ontherecorddate,December1,2009.NASDAQhassettheappr...fcommonstockforpurposesoftheex-dividenddateonNovem...
(Date:11/23/2009)...signC or p.(IDC)announcedtodaythatDr.BruceL.A.Cart...cessfultrackrec or dinbiotechnologyexecutivemanage...netics,inSeattle,WAandChiefScientificOfficeratNovo.../www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091123/SF15228 ) ,...ficercommented,"IamdelightedtowelcomeDr.BruceCarte...
(Date:11/23/2009)...l/--CornerstoneTherapeuticsInc.(Nasdaq: CRTX ),asp...elopingandcommercializingsignificantproductsprimar...edthatCraigA.Collard,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOff...nualPiperJaffrayHealthCareConferenceat3:30PMETonWe...YorkCity. ,, AliveaudioandarchivedwebcastofCorn...
(Date:11/20/2009)...stCall/ -- Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN ) t...tration (FDA) provided written acknowledgement tha...ion (BLA) for PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) is a c...tion Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of May 1, 2010...ded BLA. Dendreon is seeking licensure for PROVEN...
Breaking Biology Technology:PDL BioPharma Announces Ex-Dividend Date of November 27 for Special Dividend 2Immune Design Corp. Announces Appointment of Dr. Bruce L.A. Carter as Executive Chairman and Director 2Cornerstone Therapeutics to Present at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference 2Dendreon Receives FDA Acknowledgement of Complete Response 2Dendreon Receives FDA Acknowledgement of Complete Response 3
Other News:
St. Paul, Minn. (September 10, 2004) - The American Phytopathological Society (APS) Foundation recently presented 18 student members with the 2004 student travel awards. Each award recipient received
... a critical protein that regulates the growth and ...e protein functions in the developing brain, where...stimulates otherwise silent connections among imma...as well, where it may play a role in memory format...
...eek's Proceedings of the National Academy of Scien...or (a molecule on the cell surface that triggers a...own to regulate blood pressure and release of insu...this molecule acts as a neurotransmitter, in that ...
...ression patterns of 91 unrelated liver tumors reve...with patient survival, according to a new study pu.........Hepatology, the official journal of the Amer...AASLD), published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is a...
Molecule awakens and maintains neural connections 2Molecule awakens and maintains neural connections 3A probable cause for high blood pressure identified - shows links with diabetes 2Gene expression in liver tumors and patient prognosis 2
... (April 5, 2007) -- Eating apples while pregnant m...doctor away. Compelling new research has conclude... protect their children from developing asthma lat...ine.... This unique longitudinal study tracked die...
Soon after humans began domesticating dogs 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, they started breeding small canines. Now, scientists from the University of Utah and seven other institutions have identified a
...tic relationshipsin which one organism lives withi...an often significantly shape the biology of the pa...the extent to which a host organism can become dep...identified a case in which the reproduction of a f...
... MD, April 5, 2007 From the smallest Chihuahua to... size, much more than most other animals. Now sci...iversity. ... A new study published in tomorrows e...enetic marker that may determine whether dogs are ...
Apple consumption during pregnancy reduces risk for childhood wheezing and asthma 2Why small dogs are small 2Why small dogs are small 3Why small dogs are small 4Why small dogs are small 5Better together: Bacterial endosymbionts are essential for the reproduction of a fungus 2Dog DNA study yields clues to diverse size of breeds 2