A team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues have reported successful treatment of a rare blood disease, using an animal model and a novel method of gene delivery. The researchers found that the method, which uses a virus called foamy virus as a gene delivery vehicle, might be safer and more efficient than alternative methods that have used other types of viruses. The findings appear online December 23, 2007 in Nature Medicine.
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Thursday, 28 February 2008
Virus Shows Promise in Treatment of Blood Disorders in Canines
