Nanopracticle Gene Therapy (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Nanopracticle Gene Therapy

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In experiments in rats and mice, two Johns Hopkins scientists -- an engineer and an ophthalmologist -- report the successful use of nanoparticles to deliver gene therapy for blinding eye disease. A uniquely engineered large molecule allows researchers to compact large bundles of therapeutic DNA to be delivered into the cells of the eye.

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