Molecular Engineering and Evolution of New Viruses for Therapeutic Gene Delivery: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | August 24 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Speaker/Performer: Prof. David Schaffer, UC Berkeley, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Bioengineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Therapeutic gene delivery is increasingly succeeding in clinical trials, and vehicles or vectors based on viruses offer the potential for safe and efficient gene transfer.

For example, the majority of the human population has been previously exposed to adeno-associated viruses (AAV), which are not associated with any disease. Vector nanoparticles based on AAV have shown positive results in...   More >