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Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vectors in Gene Therapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996) Loot Price: R2,895
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Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vectors in Gene Therapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996): Kenneth I....

Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vectors in Gene Therapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)

Kenneth I. Berns, Catherine Giraud

Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 218

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Human gene therapy holds great promise for the cure of many genetic diseases. In order to achieve such a cure there are two requirements. First, the affected gene must be cloned, its se quence determined and its regulation adequately characterized. Second, a suitable vector for the delivery of a good copy of the affected gene must be available. For a vector to be of use several attributes are highly desirable: these include ability to carry the intact gene (although this may be either the genomic or the cDNA form) in a stable form, ability to introduce the gene into the desired cell type, ability to express the introduced gene in an appropriately regulated manner for an extended period of time, and a lack of toxicity for the recipient. Also of concern is the frequency of cell transformation and, in some cases, the ability to introduce the gene into nondividing stem cells. Sev eral animal viruses have been tested as potential vectors, but none has proven to have all the desired properties described above. For example, retroviruses are difficult to propagate in sufficient titers, do not integrate into nondividing cells, and are of concern because of their oncogenic properties in some hosts and because they integrate at many sites in the genome and, thus, are potentially insertional mutagens. Additionally, genes introduced by retroviral vectors are frequently expressed for relatively short periods of time. A second virus used as a vector in model systems has been adenovirus (Ad)."

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 218
Release date: 2012
First published: 1996
Editors: Kenneth I. Berns • Catherine Giraud
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 173
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-80209-6
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General
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LSN: 3-642-80209-5
Barcode: 9783642802096

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