Gene Delivery

Steroid Receptors Could Facilitate Nonviral Gene Transfer

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, December 27th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - It might be possible to perform gene transfer via steroid-mediated gene delivery, according to a new report from Switzerland.

Simply put, nonviral gene transfer methods do not always work well, scientists say. Using a strategy called steroid-mediated gene delivery, however, Alexandre Rebuffat and colleagues at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have taken advantage of cellular glucocorticoid receptors to ease genes into targeted cells. The description of their experiments was published in the December 2001 edition of Nature Biotechnology.

Rebuffat and coworkers studied a number of steroid...

Want to see the full article?

Purchase this article for only $3.00

We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.

Welcome to NewsRx!

Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Gene Therapy Weekly

Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2001-12-27)

NewsRx is Social

Top Medical Newsletters

Awards

Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2012
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2011
Best e-Business Site, 2010
Best e-Business Site, 2009
Best e-Business Site, 2008
Best e-Business Site, 2007
Best e-Business Site, 2006
Best Healthcare Content, 2005
Best Overall Internet Site, 2005
Best Interactive Site, 2005

Facts & Stats

NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.

Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Health News and Media Publications
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Science Publications in Biology/Physiology
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
Amazon's Alexa 2010 PageRank: #2 News and Media Site for the Pharmaceutical Industry