Scientists copy the ways viruses deliver genes

Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have mimicked the ways viruses infect human cells and deliver their genetic material. The research hopes to apply the approach to gene therapy – a therapeutic strategy to correct defective genes such as those that cause cancer.

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