France – the team of Pr Aubourg of the Saint-Vincent-of-Paul hospital of Paris succeeded in slowing down the evolution of a serious cerebral disease, the adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). This rare genetic disease affects the brain of the young children in good health.
The researchers used a combination of gene therapy and cell therapy to slow the progression of the disease in two children suffering from ALD. Nearly three years after the disease progression was slowed and no side effects were observed.
The ALD mainly affects boys between 5 and 12 years. A defective …

Scientists from the Institute of stem cells at the University of Connecticut offered to fight with colon cancer, as well as other types of cancer using a new vaccine, created on the basis of stem cells. Generally the cancer and stem cells has many similar molecular and biological traits.
The process of treatment will be as follows. After producing the vaccine using human stem cells, doctors will be able to deceive the immune system, which will think that the cancer cells are already present in the body, and starts the immune …

Thailand – Thai and American researchers announced the development of a vaccine to reduce the risk of contamination by the AIDS virus. This announcement follows the results of a clinical trial conducted on 16,400 people.
This test was conducted by the Ministry of Health of Thailand and the U.S. military. It shows that the vaccine reduces the risk of infection in 32.1% of cases. In their official statement, the researchers suggest that: “This result represents a breakthrough because it is the first time there is evidence that a vaccine against HIV …

The Genentech laboratory, a subsidiary of Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche has published results of a clinical trial of a new experimental treatment against skin cancer. This would significantly reduce the advanced tumors.
The drug GDC-0449 blocks the protein “hedgehog” which promotes the growth of cancer cells. It was obtained through genetic modification on the CYCLOPAMINE contained in the plant Veratrum californicum. The CYCLOPAMINE inhibits and blocks the ability of renewal of the cancer stem cells.
The trial focused on thirty-three patients suffering from skin cancer. After taking the oral treatment, eighteen patients …

Because of the complexity and cost of chromosome analysis, its use is ordinarily limited to cases with specific indications. Apart from the specific phenotypes, in which chromosome analysis is a standard part of clinical evaluation, there are also some nonspecific general clinical indications that suggest a need for cytogenetic analysis:
1. A number of problems of early growth and development. Failure to thrive, developmental delay, dysmorphic facies, multiple malformations, short stature, ambiguous genitalia, and mental retardation are frequent findings in children with chromosome abnormalities, although not restricted to that group. Unless …