Virus-Like Nanoparticles for Gene Therapy

December 8, 2011

December 9, 2011 | Yale researchers have developed a nanoparticle that can mimic a virus and insert a gene into a diseased cell to either kill or repair it. The technique, published Dec. 4 online in Nature Materials, is based on a novel family of polymers developed at Yale's School of Engineering & Applied Science. The team theorizes that the advance could lead to new therapies for cancer, brain tumors, cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's Disease. R&D Magazine