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First gene therapy for deadly form of muscular dystrophy gets FDA approval for young kids

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy to treat a deadly form of muscular dystrophy

The Independent UK

Laurus Labs, IIT-Kanpur to collaborate for novel gene therapy

The drug manufacturer will also fund the clinical trials and launch the products in India and emerging markets. Additionally, it will establish a GMP (good manufacturing practice) facility at the Techno Park facility of IIT-K, Laurus said on Monday.

The Hindu

Gene therapy could be used as birth control for cats, small study suggests

A new study shows that gene therapy could be an effective form of birth control for cats.

LiveScience

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This Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Birth Control — But It's Not for Humans

A new gene therapy that modifies the production of a hormone in cats could make spaying wild cats far easier.

Inverse

This Humble Virus Could Revolutionize How We Treat Genetic Diseases

A new type of gene therapy could be cheaper, safer, and more efficient at treating diseases like muscular dystrophy and sickle cell disease.

Inverse

New gene therapy gel is the 1st approved treatment for rare and painful 'butterfly disease'

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a gene therapy for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, also known as butterfly disease.

LiveScience

Gene Therapy is Upending How Doctors Treat Incurable Conditions

Gene therapy has helped doctors make major strides in treating inherited blindness, and it's now being explored for other conditions.

Inverse

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Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical trials are looking to extend these treatments to other diseases

An estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are living with blindness. While not every form of blindness can be cured, recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered new ways to treat some forms of inherited blindness through gene therapy.

The Conversation

'People say we are playing God changing our daughter's genetics - but it saved her'

Nicola Kelleher's partner Bradley Benjamin has a hereditary kidney disease which has seen him suffer on dialysis for years - and they didn't want the same outcome for their child

Daily Mirror

Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy stirs hopes and controversy

The FDA is considering greenlighting the experimental treatment under its accelerated approvals program. Some critics point out the therapy isn't yet proven to work and may be costly.

WEKU

Genetic therapy can lower tau protein which causes Alzheimer's disease: Study

A world-first trial at UCL and UCLH has found a new gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease that is able to safely lower levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause the disease. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Gene therapy: Everything you need to know about the DNA-tweaking treatments

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

LiveScience

'Miracle cure' for spinal disorder rolled out on NHS - but babies still face paralysis

A cure for a deadly spinal disorder will be given out on the NHS after pioneering gene therapy costing £1.8million was approved today for infants before symptoms begin

Daily Mirror

'Gene therapy found to wind hearts BACK 10 years and protect people from ageing'

Scientists in Bristol have experimented with the therapy on mice and found it effectively rewound their hearts by the equivalent of 10 human years - soon they hope to use it on heart failure patients

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Heartbreak as one sibling saved using miracle drug, but older sister not eligible for treatment

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy and had her stem cells removed and the faulty genes replaced

Manchester Evening News

Little girl's life saved in Manchester by new gene therapy treatment in UK first

'Without this treatment, we would be facing both our children being taken away'

Chronicle Live

Shilbottle toddler becomes first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy for fatal disorder

Teddi Shaw, from Shilbottle, suffers from metachromatic leukodystrophy but has been given the chance of a normal life

Wales Online

Toddler Teddi is first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy

Young Teddi Shaw will have a normal life thanks to one of the world’s most expensive drugs, but sadly her older sister was too far advanced in her illness to benefit from the treatment

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Daily Mirror

'Miracle' gene therapy treatment cures baby facing death - but comes too late for sister

Little Teddi Shaw has become the first NHS patient to receive the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy. The 19-month-old was diagnosed with MLD last April

The Independent UK

Toddler becomes first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) but has been given the chance of a normal life.

The Guardian - UK

Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS

Teddi Shaw, from Northumberland, first recipient on health service of Libmeldy, world’s most expensive drug

The Independent UK

Promising gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain

Scientists say delivering gene therapy directly to the brain holds great promise

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Dynamite News

Health: Finds New Infant Gene Therapy To Treat Artemis-SCID Patients

A novel gene therapy developed at UC San Francisco is on track to improve the health of ten young children who were born without functioning immune systems and without the capacity to fight infections. Read on for details:

Reuters

Sickle cell cure will be cost-effective if health disparities considered -study finds

(This Dec.13 story has been corrected to remove reference to Sanofi in the fifth paragraph)

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