"Retrovirally Mediated Gene Transfer in a Skin Equivalent Model of Chronic Wounds."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Dermatological Science, "Given that treatment for chronic wounds is unsatisfactory, it is likely that gene therapy may be tested as a therapeutic modality in this difficult clinical problem. Actively proliferating cells in wounds are also a good target for retroviral transduction, an increasingly useful method for gene therapy. However, it is unclear how gene therapy may best be used in chronic wounds, and experimental models are urgently needed to study and manipulate gene transfer in the context of chronic wounds. In this report, partial- and full-thickness wounds were made in vitro in a human living skin...

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