Naked Gene Therapy   /     Oct 11-Respiratory Disorders and Muscular Dystrophies

Description

In today's podcast we hear how gene therapy can be used to target a variety of respiratory disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis and how scientists are trying to grow organs such as lungs in the lab. We also discover how alternative methods of therapy could be used to treat muscular dystophy and how pancreatic cells are being created, by the re-programming of other cells, in a bid to treat diabetes...

Subtitle
In today's podcast we hear how gene therapy can be used to target a variety of respiratory disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis and how scientists are trying to grow organs such as lungs in the lab. We also discover how alternative methods of therapy co...
Duration
13:16
Publishing date
2011-10-27 23:00
Link
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/specials/bsgt/show/2011.10.29/
Contributors
  The Naked Scientists
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Enclosures
http://nakeddiscovery.com/libsyn/BSGT_11.10.28.mp3
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