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Gene therapy by mitochondrial transfer.
Advanced drug delivery reviews - 2 Jul 2001
Kagawa Y, Inoki Y, Endo H
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is highly susceptible to mutation. Novel approaches such as those involving cytoplast fusion and mitochondrial microinjection are essential for gene therapy of diseases caused by these mutations, due to the non-Mendelian genetics of these diseases. In this fusion method, mtDNA in the cytoplast is transferred into mutant cells via the formation of cybrids; once inside the cell the mtDNA...
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