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Adenovirus Vector

Gene therapy increases survival in glycogen storage disease type Ia

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 25th, 2006

Adeno-associated virus vector-mediated gene therapy increases survival in glycogen storage disease type Ia.

According to recent research from the United States, "The deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) underlies life-threatening hypoglycemia and growth retardation in glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia)."

"An adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector encoding G6Pase was pseudotyped as AAV8 and administered to 2-week-old GSD-Ia mice (n=9)," wrote D.D. Koeberl and colleagues at Duke University in Durham. "Median survival was prolonged to 7 months following vector administration, in contrast to untreated GSD-Ia mice that survived for only 2...

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