Article: Genetic therapy: just a nasal spray away? (genetic treatment for some inherited respiratory diseases)

Article: CYSTIC FIBROSIS DRUG FOUND.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 19, 1992 ;     692 words ... ... genetic material DNA. In people with cystic fibrosis, the cells lining the lungs absorb ... hindering breathing. When breathed in a nasal spray, DNase attacks this leftover DNA ... clear lungs clogged by mucus from cystic fibrosis.

Article: Spray-on gene treatment helps cystic fibrosis ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 19, 1999 ;     369 words ... ... gene therapy treatment using a nasal spray laced with DNA can help overcome one of the underlying causes of cystic fibrosis, researchers reported today ... patients via an Aerosol. Eight cystic fibrosis patients given the treatment ...

Article: Therapy Found Effective for Cystic Fibrosis
The Washington Post;  March 19, 1992 ;     635 words ... ... Robert Beall of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. "There ... DNA. In people with cystic fibrosis, the cells lining ... When breathed in a nasal spray, DNase attacks this ... water imbalance in cystic fibrosis. Doctors also are ...

Article: Where there's hope . . . As Chancellor Gordon Brown and his wife, ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... patient adviser at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in Alexandria ... no known cure. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is working currently ... they bear will have cystic fibrosis. Cara has a sister ... three inhalers and a nasal spray. She also has physiotherapy ...

Article: Inspire's Denufosol Starts 2nd Phase III Study in Cystic ...
BIOWORLD Today;  February 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... inhaled solution in cystic fibrosis patients. Considered ... particularly in cystic fibrosis patients with mild ... investigators at the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center ... has epinastine, a nasal spray in late-stage development ...

Article: Nasal Gene Therapy May Repair Lung Disorders;Scientists Seek Way ...
The Washington Post;  April 19, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... as hereditary emphysema and cystic fibrosis. The technique, which already ... patient's cells with a simple nasal spray. Victims of both afflictions ... that counteracts the effects of cystic fibrosis. "We've already put the ...

Article: Inspire Nasal Spray Trial Fails and Program Halted.
BIOWORLD Today;  April 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... development of its nasal spray epinastine for ... the epinastine nasal spray program is being ... denufosol for cystic fibrosis and Prolacria ... Respiratory) for cystic fibrosis (CF) Phase ... market epinastine nasal spray in the U.S ...