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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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Primary immunodeficiency
diseases research will be focused on several goals in the coming
years:
- Develop
the technology to make gene transfer an effective
and curative therapy
- Overcome
transplant rejection to make bone marrow transplantation
from HLA-matched nonfamily members reliable
- Identify
additional gene defects that cause primary immunodeficiency
diseases
- In primary immunodeficiency
diseases not caused by a single gene defect, identify the
immunologic abnormalities that lead to defective
function
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Patient with chronic
granulomatous disease
participating in a clinical trial of gene therapy |
- Identification
of new immune system molecules and their function allows development
of new treatments for autoimmune diseases (diseases
in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own
cells and tissues)
- Improved understanding
of how to regulate the immune system allows for the development
of improved vaccines
- Development of
gene transfer technology will be useful in treating
cancer and preventing rejection of transplanted
organs and tissues
- Development of
new antibiotics will be useful for everyone
in an era of drug-resistant germs
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