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Year : 2013 | Volume
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Delivery systems for gene therapy
Shrikant Mali
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, CSMSS Dental College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
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Shrikant Mali Flat No. 1, Varun Corner Osmanpura, Aurangabad, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.112870
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The structure of DNA was unraveled by Watson and Crick in 1953, and two decades later Arber, Nathans and Smith discovered DNA restriction enzymes, which led to the rapid growth in the field of recombinant DNA technology. From expressing cloned genes in bacteria to expressing foreign DNA in transgenic animals, DNA is now slated to be used as a therapeutic agent to replace defective genes in patients suffering from genetic disorders or to kill tumor cells in cancer patients. Gene therapy provides modern medicine with new perspectives that were unthinkable two decades ago. Progress in molecular biology and especially, molecular medicine is now changing the basics of clinical medicine. A variety of viral and non-viral possibilities are available for basic and clinical research. This review summarizes the delivery routes and methods for gene transfer used in gene therapy. |
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