The journal “Nature” reported that U.S.A scientists found 65 genes related to autism. These genes are involved in the appearance of the autism in children with no family history. Today, the appearance of the autism is still mystery, but in recent years, several studies have demonstrated that has an important genetic cause. The first symptoms …
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May 16
Gene Therapy to Hemophiliacs
As published in El Informador ,some researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat patients with severe hemophilia, a disorder in which blood does not clot. The study was preliminary and involved only six patients, while other promising previous attempts to use gene therapy against hemophilia finally failed. However,a single infusion with the new treatment worked in some patients for more than one year, increasing its ability to clot significantly. “I think this is a great advance in the field. It’s a good lesson in terms …