Baylor College of Medicine: A Novel Switch to Turn Genes On/off, Promising Step Toward Safer Gene Therapy
January 03, 2024
January 03, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
Just like a doctor adjusts the dose of a medication to the patient's needs, the expression of therapeutic genes, those modified in a person to treat or cure a disease via gene therapy, also needs to be maintained within a therapeutic window. Staying within the therapeutic window is important as too much of the protein could be toxic, and too little could result in a small or no therapeutic e . . .
Just like a doctor adjusts the dose of a medication to the patient's needs, the expression of therapeutic genes, those modified in a person to treat or cure a disease via gene therapy, also needs to be maintained within a therapeutic window. Staying within the therapeutic window is important as too much of the protein could be toxic, and too little could result in a small or no therapeutic e . . .