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Topical Gene Therapy FDA-Approved for Severe Skin Disease, Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

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The newest FDA-approved gene therapy treats the severe, skin-peeling condition dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The gene treatment has been a long time coming, but it differs from the handful of other approved gene therapies: it isn’t a one-and-done. This DNA Science post from 2018 traces the history of the efforts.

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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

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Some fluoroquinolones — a class of antibiotics that inhibits DNA replication — may even cause psychosis. These challenges have led to strategies such as directly observed therapy (DOT), in which nurses or physicians monitor patients to ensure they take their medicine every day. coli bacteria from growing.

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