Gene Therapy
Research reports on gene therapy from L. Balsalobre and colleagues provide new insights
Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, April 16th, 2008
Fresh data on gene therapy are presented in the report 'Fitness of Streptococcus pneumoniae fluoroquinolone-resistant strains with topoisomerase IV recombinant genes.' According to recent research published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, "The low prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant (Cp r) Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates carrying recombinant topoisomerase IV genes could be attributed to a fitness cost imposed by the horizontal transfer, which often implies the acquisition of larger-than-normal parE-parC intergenic regions. A study of the transcription of these genes and of the fitness cost for 24 isogenic Cp r strains was performed."
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