Improving Gene Therapy For Cancer And Heart Disease

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 14:50 in Health & Medicine

In gene therapy, one or more desired genes are introduced into an adenovirus, a virus that causes the common cold, which is then administered to the patient. Once in the body, the virus enters targeted cells and delivers the desired genes. In heart disease patients, for example, the virus delivers genes that trigger the growth of new blood vessels in damaged heart muscle. read more

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