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Gene therapy Gene therapy uses genetically modified viruses to treat human disease.
But using genetically modified viruses to deliver VEGF is only useful for medical operations.
Methods being adopted from gene therapy to encapsulate and deliver it range from modified viruses to nanoparticles.
Scientists have the first proof that a "brand new" way of combating cancer, using genetically modified viruses to attack tumour cells, can benefit patients, paving the way for a "wave" of new potential treatments over the next decade.
The first projects to receive funding under the Obama administration's brain research initiative include the creation of a wearable scanner to image the brain in motion and the development of tools such as radio waves, nanoparticles and genetically modified viruses to remotely target activity deep in the brain.
That promises a greatly increased energy density (the amount of power that can be stored in a given weight of battery).In a new paper in Nature Communications the MIT team describes using modified viruses to make a cathode for a lithium-air battery.
Cancer cells then produce their own version of the blocked protein, filling in the deficit and allowing the modified virus to thrive within cancerous tissue.
The therapy uses a genetically modified virus to smuggle healthy copies of the CHM gene into light-sensitive cells in the retina and supporting tissue called retinal pigment epithelium.
To create ANDi - who will probably now be patented - the Oregon team took 224 monkey eggs and used a modified virus to carry the jellyfish gene inside each one.
This allows the modified virus to circulate for longer in a patient's blood stream and thus have a better chance of getting to tumours disseminated around the body.
And once a company creates a delivery system — say, a modified virus to deliver a gene into a cell — it can be used over and over again to create a variety of treatments, said Dr. James Wilson, director of the gene therapy program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
