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Self-assembled viruses

Started by Andrew Yates · 9 months ago

Viruses are true experts at importing genetic material into the cells of an infected organism. This trait is now being exploited for gene therapy, in which genes are brought into the cells of a patient to treat genetic diseases or genetic defects. Korean researchers have now made an artificial vir ... Continue reading »

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J-Function
1 year ago

I'm just a lay person, but when I imagine gene theropy of the future, I imagine the creation of custom viruses that will not only "fix" the cell's DNA, but will also reproduce inside the cell so that the DNA "fix" is spread throughout the entire body. Then again, if you wanted to fix a genetic kidney problem, would it matter what the DNA in your toes looked like?

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