Making progress toward gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 06:21 in Health & Medicine

Two new studies from the University of Iowa suggest that gene therapy may be a viable approach for treating or preventing lung disease caused by cystic fibrosis (CF). Working with CF pigs, the researchers, based in the UI Pappajohn Biomedical Institute (PBI), have shown that two different virus-based vectors can restore a working version of […]

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