http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/17/the-6-billion-base-athlete/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/17/the-6-billion-base-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-59618 A Viral Infection that Might One Day Cure Diabetes | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:44:52 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/17/the-6-billion-base-athlete/#comment-59618 [...] researchers made islet cells directly in a mouse’s pancreas. They did this by using gene therapy to reprogram one type of pancreas cell (an exocrine cell) into islet [...] [...] researchers made islet cells directly in a mouse’s pancreas. They did this by using gene therapy to reprogram one type of pancreas cell (an exocrine cell) into islet [...]

]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/17/the-6-billion-base-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-55192 Stemming the tide of disease | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:19:52 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/17/the-6-billion-base-athlete/#comment-55192 [...] Unfortunately, scientists aren’t very good at all at turning on a specific gene in a cell let alone 20. To get around this limitation, the scientists decided to add the genes to a skin cell using gene therapy. [...] [...] Unfortunately, scientists aren't very good at all at turning on a specific gene in a cell let alone 20. To get around this limitation, the scientists decided to add the genes to a skin cell using gene therapy. [...]

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