‘Lego’ viruses stick together to fight disease
Posted by staff / August 14, 2013 gene therapyJonathan SilbergLego piecesviruses
Imagine fitting viruses together like Lego pieces and using them as a vehicle to deliver gene therapy.
“We’re treating them like Legos,” says Jonathan Silberg, an associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice University. “We’re taking distantly related viruses that nature might not recombine very efficiently and looking for self-contained pieces of these proteins that can be swapped.”
Full story at Futurity.
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