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Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease
April 27, 2008
In a clinical trial at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers from The University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young adults with a rare form of congenital blindness.

Yeast Rises to the Occasion: Penn Researchers Find Potential in Yeast for Selecting Lou Gehrig's Disease Drugs
April 17, 2008
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, using yeast cells.

Hunting Down Cancer Susceptibility Genes: Breast Cancer Risk Amplified by Additional Genes in Combination With Damaged BRCA Genes
April 16, 2008
Many women with a faulty breast cancer gene could be at greater risk of the disease due to extra risk-amplifying genes, according to research by a Penn cancer epidemiologist heading the North American coalition of an international consortium.

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