New Technique Expands Pool of Gene-Corrected Liver Cells (IMAGE)

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New Technique Expands Pool of Gene-Corrected Liver Cells

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A new technique for selecting genetically modified cells in vivo could help make gene therapy more efficient, researchers say. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 8, 2016, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Nygaard at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., and colleagues was titled, "A universal system to select gene-modified hepatocytes in vivo."

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V. Altounian / <i>Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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