Genetic Engineering

Regenerative Medicine

Exercise in a pill

Posted in Longevity and Age Management, Aging, Exercise, Weight and Obesity, Genetic Engineering on Fri August 08, 2008

Trying to reap the health benefits of exercise? Forget treadmills and spin classes, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may have found a way around the sweat and pain. They identified two signaling pathways that are activated in response to exercise and converge to dramatically increase endurance. ... Continue Reading

Immune block tackles Alzheimer's

Posted in Longevity and Age Management, Alzheimer's Disease, Genetic Engineering on Wed June 04, 2008

The body's immune system could be harnessed to fight back against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. Turning off a part of the immune system cleared away harmful brain deposits and improved memory, the mouse study found. US scientists, reporting their discovery in the journal Nature Medicine, said it was like a "vacuum cleaner" had been working in the brain. ... Continue Reading

Regenerative Medicine Joins the Mission of the World's Preeminent Anti-Aging Professional Medical Organization: A4M, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Expands Its Educational and Training Scope

Posted in A4M in the Media, Regenerative Medicine, Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Nanotechnology on Wed January 17, 2007

Since 1992, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net) has been the world's leading professional medical organization to highlight and embrace cutting-edge biomedical technologies with beneficial implications on the quality and quantity of the human lifespan. ... Continue Reading

New Strategy For AIDS Vaccination: HIV Exploits Competition Among T-cells

Posted in HIV and AIDS, Genetic Engineering on Wed November 15, 2006

A new HIV study shows how competition among the human immune system's T cells allows the virus to escape destruction and eventually develop into full-blown AIDS. The study, which employs a computer model of simultaneous virus and immune system evolution, also suggests a new strategy for vaccinating against the virus -- a strategy that the computer simulations suggest may prevent the final onset of AIDS. ... Continue Reading

Cool mice live longer

Posted in Longevity, Mitochondria, Genetic Engineering, Gene Therapy on Mon November 06, 2006

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HIV Gets Makeover: Tweaking AIDS Virus Could Alter Course Of Research

Posted in HIV and AIDS, Genetic Engineering on Tue October 31, 2006

The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won ... Continue Reading

Functional Delivery of a Cytosolic tRNA into Mutant Mitochondria of Human Cells

Posted in Stem Cell Research, Mitochondria, Genetic Engineering on Mon October 23, 2006

Many maternally inherited and incurable neuromyopathies are caused by mutations in mitochondrial (mt) transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Kinetoplastid protozoa, including Leishmania, have evolved specialized systems for importing nucleus-encoded tRNAs into mitochondria. We found that the Leishmania RNA import complex (RIC) could enter human cells by a caveolin-1 ... Continue Reading

A Step Towards Replacement Lungs

Posted in Artificial & Replacement Organs & Tissues, Regenerative Medicine, Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Gene Therapy on Sat May 06, 2006

The ability to produce functional, three-dimensional lung tissue in the laboratory would provide a valuable source of engineered replacement tissue to treat a variety of pediatric pulmonary diseases. The engineered, 3-D pulmonary tissue constructs described in a report in the April 2006 issue of Tissue Engineering represent a successful first step in the creation of functional pulmonary tissue constructs designed for therapeutic use. ... Continue Reading