ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2009) — A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transport their cargo into our cells. As a result of this achievement, therapeutic DNA can be transferred to a cell's nucleus far more efficiently than in the past, raising hopes for more effective treatment of genetic disorders and some types of cancers. Read more ....
Original scientific source: Multifunctional protein nanocarriers for targeted nuclear gene delivery in nondividing cells. Dominic J. Glover, Su May Ng, Adam Mechler, Lisandra L. Martin, and David A. Jans
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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