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CRISPR/Cas9 System as an Agent for Eliminating Polyomavirus JC Infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Wollebo Hassen S, Bellizzi Anna, Kaminski Rafal, Hu Wenhui, White Martyn K, Khalili Kamel
Abstract excerpt
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a fatal demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by reactivation of the human polyomavirus JCV gene expression and its replication in oligodendrocytes, the myelin producing cells in the brain. Once a rare disease seen in patients with lymphotproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders, PML has been seen more frequently in HIV-1...
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