Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
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Retroviral vector background
Until the development of viral vectors, gene transfer ...membrane pores) transfection. These techniques are still used and efficiently transfer plasmid DNA efficiently...vector.
Lentiviral vectors
Although retroviruses are still in use, considerable efforts have been devoted to...However, in this vector production system, there is still a potential risk for the generation of replication...however improving the safety of these vectors is still an active area of research due to the possibility...Replication-incompetent lentiviruses with human tropism can still infect the researcher and insert into her/his genome...