Gene therapy using HIV helps children with fatal diseases, study says
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Gene therapy researchers say they used a safe version of HIV to prevent metachromatic leukodystrophy and halt Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in children.Italian researchers have used a defanged version of HIV to replace faulty genes — and eliminate devastating symptoms — in children suffering two rare and fatal genetic diseases.