Monday, December 6, 2010

Taking the lottery out of gene therapy

NEW SCIENTIST HEALTH ,Magazine issue 2789

GENE therapy should become a more exact science thanks to the discovery that it is possible to predict where a transferred gene is likely to be inserted into the recipient's DNA.

"Peter Cherepanov at Imperial College London, who was not part of the team, says now that the probability of an undesirable insertion can be estimated, it will become easier to balance the chance of success with the risk of side effects."

ORIGINAL PAPER: Deciphering the Code for Retroviral Integration Target Site Selection

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