POSTS TAGGED AS adeno-associated virus

Gene Therapy for Glaucoma

Glaucoma
“The major risk factor for glaucoma is elevated intraocular pressure, which is regulated by the balance between the secretion of [MORE]

Building a Virus Trap

Engineering a virus trap
From the Technical University of Munich:  “DNA molecules can be folded into two- and three-dimensional structures. Binding [MORE]

Safer Viral Vectors

George Church launches gene therapy startup to design safer viral vectors
A bioengineering team at Harvard “has developed a way to [MORE]

Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Jude Samulski PhD work in gene therapy improves outcomes for DMD
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy was one of the early targets for [MORE]

Restoring Hearing Loss from a Genetic Mutation (Mice)

Base editing for restoring hearing in mice
From Harvard researchers:  “[We] used base editing methods to treat a mouse model of [MORE]

AAV Production Accelerator for Gene Therapy

Adeno-associated virus serotype
Adeno-associated viral vectors are a workhorse for gene transfer protocols.  Getting enough AAV for gene therapy however has [MORE]

Gene Therapy for Aging

Telomeres
Whether or not Elizabeth Parrish turns out to be the hero of her own story, only time will tell. She [MORE]

Targeting AAV Vectors to an Essential Receptor

AAV2 Ribbon Diagram
Adeno-associated virus looked like a promising vector for gene therapy in the mid-1990s, but then sank with the [MORE]