Insulators to Improve the Safety of Retroviral Vectors for HIV Gene Therapy

Retroviral vector gene therapy is a promising approach to treating HIV-1. However, integrated vectors are mutagens with the potential to dysregulate nearby genes and cause severe adverse side effects. Leukemia has already been a documented severe adverse event in gene therapy clinical trials for the...

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Main Authors: Diana L. Browning, Grant D. Trobridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Biomedicines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/4/1/4