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Cool SCIENCE!. Gene therapy. Use a virus to heal you?. YES! Has potential to treat many diseases, including parkinsons disease, leukemia, SCID, retinal diseases. How does it work?. Use the virus to code for protein that is not normally expressed correctly. . What are the issues?.
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Use a virus to heal you? • YES! Has potential to treat many diseases, including parkinsons disease, leukemia, SCID, retinal diseases
How does it work? • Use the virus to code for protein that is not normally expressed correctly.
What are the issues? • Localization, how do we get to the right cells? • It’s a freaking virus! How do we not get people sick?
How does it cure people? • Silence incorrect genes! • Act as tumor suppressors • Cure huntingtons (muscle coordination) • Cellular degeneration