Gene therapy and stem cells unite (BBC)

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By James Gallagher
Health reporter, BBC News

Two of the holy grails of medicine - stem cell technology and precision gene therapy - have been united for the first time in humans, say scientists.

It means patients with a genetic disease could, one day, be treated with their own cells.

A study in Nature corrected a mutation in stem cells made from a patient with a liver disease.

Researchers said this was a "critical step" towards devising treatments, but safety tests were still needed.

At the moment, stem cells created from a patient with a genetic illness cannot be used to cure the disease as those cells would also contain the corrupted genetic code.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15272081
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10424.html <-- free abstract; full paper for $$$

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