Sleeping Beauty hooks up with herpes to fight brain disease
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Neuroscientists have forged an unlikely molecular union as part of their fight against diseases of the brain and nervous system, bringing together the herpes virus and a molecule known as Sleeping Beauty to improve gene therapy. The work has allowed scientists to reach a long-sought goal: shuttling into brain cells a relatively large gene that can remain on for an extended period of time.