Boosting its infectivity turns benign virus into good gene therapy carrier for cystic fibrosis

Monday, February 16, 2009 - 17:49 in Health & Medicine

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Iowa have turned a relatively benign virus into a highly infectious form that is ideal as a carrier for gene therapy. In its first gene therapy test, it completely cured human cystic fibrosis lung tissue in culture.

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