Science is starting to unravel the mysteries using stem cells and gene therapies

Science is starting to unravel the mysteries using stem cells and gene therapies

?PURE? STEM CELLS LET MICE FIGHT OFF HIV

?Again, it’s good to be a mouse,? says Scott Wolf, Director of Research and CEO of Grace Century. ?Science is starting to unravel the mysteries using stem cells and gene therapies… they are using a regenerative medicine approach to fight the diseases of our world. We’re actually starting to see these kinds of stories on a daily basis now!?

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS rightOriginal Study

Posted by on December 30, 2014

“Developing a technique to purify the population of HIV-resistant stem cells is the most important breakthrough of this research,” says Joseph Anderson. “We now have a strategy that shows great promise for offering a functional cure for the disease.”

An improved gene therapy strategy using modified human stem cells shows promise in animal models as a functional cure for HIV.

The achievement, which involves an improved technique to purify populations of HIV-resistant stem cells, opens the door for human clinical trials that were recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

?We have devised a gene therapy strategy to generate an HIV-resistant immune system in patients,? says Joseph Anderson, principal investigator of the study and assistant professor of internal medicine at University of California, Davis.

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