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MIT works toward safer gene therapy
09-07-2007 · EurekAlert!In work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT researchers have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes.
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- Polymers hold promise for safer gene delivery
09-07-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT scientists have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes, which could be a safer technique than using viruses to carry genes.
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- MIT engineer works toward clean water, more
03-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
An MIT engineer working toward clean drinking water in Nepal describes in a recent issue of the Journal of International Development how people from developed and developing countries can work together to solve key humanitarian problems, ultimately meeting the basic human needs for security, broadly defined.
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- Pioneers in field of functional genomics work toward gene therapy for vision defects
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
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- Link between aging, neurodegenerative disorders
07-09-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- MIT works toward 'smart' optical microchips
11-01-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- MIT works toward engineered blood vessels
12-17-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels. The researchers found that they can control the cells' development by growing them on a surface with nano-scale patterning.
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- Virus widely used in gene therapy research yields important clues to genomic instability
05-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine say they have the ability to study the potential cause of genomic instability in sporadic cancers using a recombinant adeno-associated virus, a virus commonly used for gene therapy experiments. The results of their work are being presented at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy, May 30 to June 3 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle.
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- MIT Researchers work toward fuel-efficient engines
07-23-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is fuel-efficient and just as clean.
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- MIT works toward novel therapeutic device
10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
MIT and University of Rochester researchers report important advances toward a therapeutic device that has the potential to capture cells as they flow through the blood stream and treat them. Among other applications, such a device could zap cancer cells spreading to other tissues, or signal stem cells to differentiate.
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- MIT researchers work toward spark-free, fuel-efficient engines
07-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is more fuel-efficient and just as clean.
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