Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
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Blog Post
...advantage for researchers looking to generate long-lasting changes in cells. However, for some applications... genome. Without a working integrase, IDLVs can still deliver their genetic payload to the cell but cannot... IDLVs were first discovered by researchers investigating HIV integrase mutants in the early 1990s (Leavitt...in several patients developing T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to insertional mutagenesis (Howe...avoid the risk of insertional mutagenesis while still allowing for stable expression of the transgene....of SCID-X1 patients. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 118(9), 3143–3150. https://doi.org/10.1172/...