Gene Therapy
Research reports from Royal Free and University College, Center for Virology provide new insights into gene therapy
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, December 28th, 2006
Scientists discuss in "The prevalence of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 genomes in the blood of UK blood donors" new findings in . According to recent research published in the Journal of Medical Virology, "A lesser-recognized form of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) persistence is integration of the viral genome in a host chromosome and high viral copy numbers in blood or sera are characteristic of this phenomenon. A cross-sectional study was performed to determine the frequency of high HHV-6 viral loads in whole blood (>6 log(10) copies/ml) in a population of blood donors in London, UK."
"Blood samples from 500 anonymized blood donors were collected...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-12-28)
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