Cystic Fibrosis

New technique images gene expression in mice

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, July 22nd, 2004

Fifteen years ago, a new age of genetic medicine seemed right around the corner. As it turns out, identifying genetic flaws has proved easier than getting corrected genes to work in the cells that need them.

Researchers at the departments of nuclear medicine (radiology) and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University may be able to help. They have demonstrated a technique that provides a picture of genetic expression in living mice.

The study used genetic material that should theoretically correct the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, one of the most debilitating, and ultimately fatal, genetic diseases. The results of the study were...

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