On the path to controlled gene therapy

(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) The ability to switch disease-causing genes on and off remains a dream for many physicians, research scientists and patients. A team from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg led by Dr. Mazahir T. Hasan has successfully programmed a virus to transport the necessary genetic material to affected tissue and nerve cells inside the body, as published in the journal Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acid...