Vaccine Vector

Vectors and delivery systems in gene therapy reviewed

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 22nd, 2005

Scientists review vectors and delivery systems in gene therapy in a recent issue of Medical Science Monitor.

"Gene therapy provides modern medicine with new perspectives that were unthinkable 2 decades ago. Progress in molecular biology and, especially, molecular medicine is now changing the basics of clinical medicine. Reports of long-term side effects of the first successful human gene therapy study have slowed the penetration of DNA usage into clinical routine. However, the main safety problem lies in the secure and efficient delivery of genes into target cells and tissues. A number of older and more recently discovered techniques have been developed for...

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