|
|
Article: Animal study shows little maternal risk associated with fetal gene transfer.
- Article from:
- Gene Therapy Weekly
- Article date:
- May 16, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
2002 MAY 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Animal model experiments indicate fetal somatic gene transfer could be accomplished without harming the mother of the fetus, according to investigators in France.
Several studies have introduced the idea of treating fetuses in utero using somatic gene transfer. Yet, limitations and complications affecting the efficacy of such therapy are still unknown. D. Gallot and coauthors in the Laboratory for Molecular Oncology at the Centre Jean-Perrin in Clermont-Ferrand, France, announced the goal of their research "was to assess the integration and transcription of a proviral marker ...