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Drug delivery system overcomes circulatory roadblock that prevents gene therapies from reaching their targets

Exploiting the remarkable capability of viruses to transport gene therapies past what until now has been a circulatory roadblock is at the h

Exploiting the remarkable capability of viruses to transport gene therapies past what until now has been a circulatory roadblock is at the heart of a University of Alberta-led discovery that promises to re-energize the field of genetic medicine. John Lewis, an oncologist in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and the lead author of the study describing the advance, explains that the primary obstacle to safely and effectively distributing therapeutic agents throughout the body is the liver.

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