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Article: Reports summarize obesity and diabetes study results from F.C. Chou and co-researchers.
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- Gene Therapy Weekly
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- November 12, 2009
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"Pancreatic islet transplantation is considered an appropriate treatment to achieve insulin independence in type I diabetic patients. However, islet isolation and transplantation-induced oxidative stress and autoimmune-mediated destruction are still the major obstacles to the long-term survival of graft islets in this potential therapy," scientists writing in the Journal of Biomedical Science report (see also Obesity and Diabetes).
"To protect islet grafts from inflammatory damage and prolong their survival, we transduced islets with an antioxidative gene thioredoxin (TRX) using a lentiviral vector before transplantation. We hypothesized that the overexpression ...
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Article: Biomedical science is becoming a roller coaster
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... ... now, wait until the future of neuroprotective agents, gene therapy, and stem cells! Oops-ignore that comment about stem ... make believe. This definitely qualifies as a black eye for biomedical science. Scientific misconduct has probably been with us for centuries ...
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