Muscular dystrophy trial to start
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Scientists are beginning a gene therapy trial which they hope will extend the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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Jury selection will begin Monday in federal court in the first trial of 4,500 lawsuits filed nationwide that challenge Prempro, a hormone-replacement therapy that some women say causes breast cancer.
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The Kootenai Medical Center's North Idaho Cancer Center will begin offering some patients the option of taking part in trials of experimental cancer drugs, starting in January.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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The first three patients participating in an early test of a "revolutionary" human gene therapy for erectile dysfunction have not developed any treatment-related side effects, according to preliminary results released here this week at a meeting of the International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research.
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After years of futile attempts at replacing the defective gene that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, researchers are now more intent on overriding the gene.
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A vaccine that could cure Type 1 diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. King&#39;s College London and Bristol University has recruited 72 diabetic patients for the trials in late Spring.
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The drugmaker gets a step closer to starting a clinical trial for a hepatitis C drug.
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Wyeth (nyse: WYE - news - people ) is set to begin the second phase of a Philadelphia trial in which a plaintiff alleges heart valve injury from the use of the diet drug Pondimin, a drug the company once marketed.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will support trial projects  that could be the first steps toward a nationwide health information network.
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The first attempt at gene therapy against Parkinson&#39;s disease has yielded promising results and is safe, according to early data from this ground-breaking experiment.
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At the International Diabetes Federation meeting in Los Angeles, USA, it will be announced today that a larger clinical trial with Diamyd will start in type 2 diabetes patients in Sweden.
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Scientists say a defect in a key protein may cause the muscle-wasting disease muscular dystrophy.
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The trial of 21 medical workers allegedly linked to an HIV outbreak is under way in Kazakhstan.
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Medical researchers have obtained promising results from a trial of a genetically-engineered allergy vaccine.