Article
[Gene therapy for AIDS: current trends].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jan 1996
Takatsuki K, Obaru K, Yoshimura K, Matsushita S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic manipulation of somatic cells may be of therapeutic value in a variety of infectious diseases, particularly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Stable insertion of "resistance genes" into cells, susceptible to HIV, could reduce the viral burden in infected individuals and pot...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Animals
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genetic Therapy
- Genetic Vectors
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Mutation
- RNA, Catalytic
- RNA, Viral