AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
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Blog Post
...was in its infancy, but the eye was identified early on as an ideal target. It is an easily accessible ... time advances in human genetics led to the identification of several disease-causing genes, including...However, AdV was abandoned early on due to its considerable immunogenicity and its transient expression....have broad tropism in the eye. AAV-2, the first identified serotype and the one used in Luxturna™, can efficiently...therapies is impressive: clinical trials for choroideremia, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, achromatopsia...