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Scientists Halt Brain Disease With Gene Therapy – French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt the fatal brain disease best known from the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil.” The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn’t cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the [...]

DNA Mutation Linked To Long Life – A DNA mutation among Ashkenazi Jews produces extra telomerase, which is linked to long life because it strengthens telomeres holding DNA sequences. Scientists have spotted a link among people who live to age 100: high levels of telomerase, an enzyme that protects DNA and could possibly be simulated [...]