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Mapping HIV integration. October 3, 2002. Introduction. GOAL: To infer the pattern of integration of the HIV virus within the human genome. Potential use as a delivery vector for gene therapy. SCID - Andy’s JC Chris’s presentation. Why we are interested.
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Mapping HIV integration October 3, 2002
Introduction GOAL: To infer the pattern of integration of the HIV virus within the human genome. Potential use as a delivery vector for gene therapy. SCID - Andy’s JC Chris’s presentation
Why we are interested Dr. Beverly Davidson – gene vector core Working on alternative vectors for gene therapy. Many sub-projects: • Tissue specificity • Number of integrands per cell
Background Retroviral replication