Gene therapy advance for safer, cheaper and more efficient procedure and Extinct Tiger gene revived

April 7, 2017May 20, 2008 by Brian Wang

Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy 30 times more efficient. Gene therapy will be a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as hemophilia. The discovery could be the solution to a problem …

Nanofibers in complex shapes and unlimited lengths

April 7, 2017January 30, 2008 by Brian Wang

The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. Based on the rapid evaporation of solvent from simple “inks,” the process has been used to fabricate freestanding nanofibers, stacked arrays of nanofibers …