UF researchers develop improved gene therapy agent
Date: 28.5.2008
Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a **virus** that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the **breakthrough** scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for **treating genetic diseases** such as **hemophilia**, University of Florida researchers say.
Reporting in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today (May 19), UF geneticists say they have developed a new version of the adeno-associated virus used in gene therapy that works about 30 times more efficiently in mice than vectors scientists currently rely on.
"EurekAlert!":[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uof-urd051908.php]
