We are looking at gene therapies to Reverse Atherosclerosis, Regenerate muscles and tissue, Improve cell signaling, Clear misfolded Proteins, Rejuvenate the immune System, Clear Senescent Cells, and Treat Monogenic Diseases.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Yes, we are looking into gene therapies for immune cells to target senescent cells.
In the past, when we've tried gene therapy, we haven't had tools that have allowed targeted gene correction.
There's already a lot of active research going on using the Crispr technology to fix diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy or cystic fibrosis or Huntington's disease. They're all diseases that have known genetic causes, and we now have the technology that can repair those mutations to provide, we hope, patients with a normal life.
I hope that the image of gene therapy is changing. It seems to be.
Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
Realizing the ways in which we humans may have been inadvertently changing our genes for millennia provides a way for us to begin to think about the inevitable genetic revolution in medicine that is going to allow us to advertently change our genes over centuries and even decades.
Gene therapy technology is much like computing technology. We had to build the super computer which cost $8 million in 1960. Now everyone has technologies that work predictably and at a cost the average person can afford.
Crisper is great. The future of gene therapy looks bright.
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation.