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Gene Therapy
Researchers at Boston University, Medical Department target gene therapy
July 17th, 2008
"The ferric uptake regulatory protein, Fur, functions as a global regulatory protein of gene transcription in the mucosal pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We have shown previously that several N. gonorrhoeae Fur-repressed genes are expressed in vivo during mucosal gonococcal infection in men, which suggests that this organism infects in an iron-limited environment and that Fur is expressed under these conditions," scientists writing in the Journal of Bacteriology report. "In this study we have demonstrated expression of the gonococcal fur gene in vitro, in human cervical epithelial cells, and in specimens from female subjects with uncomplicated gonococcal...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2008-07-17)
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