AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
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Blog Post
.... At the time, adenoviral vectors were the most commonly used viral vectors for gene delivery, and they... better vector for ocular gene therapy: Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)
While other viral vectors such as...gene can be targeted to RPE cells using a lentiviral vector and a clinical trial is ongoing.
Moving forward...AdV) and lentivirus (LV) are known to transduce retinal cells, AAV quickly became the vector of choice...technician in a lab using adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) to treat an inherited retinal degenerative...tolerate the presence of antigens (such as viral vectors) without triggering a destructive inflammatory ...retina but only transiently. However new viral vectors capable of providing long-term gene expression ...