Discovery at Penn may aid advances in gene therapy

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University of Pennsylvania Medical Center researchers have discovered how to turn the treatment gene off and on in monkeys and mice. This discovery may help advances in gene therapy. The discovery would be useful in allowing a physician to know when to switch a gene on or off. Doctors can use the technique to get a patient's blood back up if the patient's blood count falls, and then switch the gene off so that the patient does not get hyper-transfused. The discovery was announced by the journal Science. Cambridge, MA-based ARIAD Pharmaceuticals was also involved in the research.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Genetic Engineering

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Pa. scientists may be on to antiaging compound

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The scientists in Plymouth Meeting lab have found that resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and to a lesser extent in peanuts, extends the life span of yeast cells by about 80 percent. It is unknown whether the compound would have the same effect on humans, but the researchers feel that it might offer humans protection against a major disease associated with aging, such as Alzheimer's.

Research, Resveratrol

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New synthetic diamonds easier to produce

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A research team from the University of Illinois and Drexel University has produced a process for creating high-quality synthetic diamonds. The diamonds, which will reduce the cost of producing industrial diamonds, are created from low-cost silicon carbide.

United States, Research & development outlays, All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining, Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals, All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, Nonmetallic mineral products, not elsewhere classified, Industrial Diamonds, Synthetic Diamonds, Diamond mining

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