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Article: DNAVEC obtains United States patent.(Brief article)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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DNAVEC Research Inc. (Ibaraki, Japan) has patented a method for highly efficient gene transfer into primate-derived embryonic stem (ES) cells has successfully been achieved by using a simian immunodeficiency virus vector (SIV) pseudotyped with VSV-G protein, which is a surface glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) The present invention provides simian immunodeficiency virus vectors for gene transfer to primate ES cells. The method for gene transfer to primate ES cells using the ...