Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
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... field ofgene therapy, which has been particularly challenged by disorders caused byabnormal, or mutant, proteins, so-called autosomal dominant diseases, saidLaVail. Most gene therapy approaches have focused on diseases that occur when the twocopies of a particular gene fail to produce, or fail to produce suffi...Veterinary Researchers Identify Accomplice Of Calf-Killing Parasite
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...cept arose after NCI director Dr. Richard Klausner challenged national experts to recommend ways to speed research findings in utilizing the powerful mutant mouse technology. He particularly wanted recommendations for using the mouse to learn more about human cancer development with the aim to develop predictiv...