Image Depicting a Graphic of a New Gene Injected into a Vector (IMAGE)

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Image Depicting a Graphic of a New Gene Injected into a Vector

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A new gene is injected into an adenovirus vector, which is used to introduce the modified DNA into a human cell. If the treatment is successful, the new gene will make a functional protein.

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