Published in Cancer Weekly, September 25th, 2007 Gene therapy,
which involves inserting new genes into patients' cells to fight
diseases like cancer, holds great promise but has yet to realize
its full potential, in part because of safety concerns over the
conventional technique of using viruses to carry the genes. The
new MIT work, published this week in Advanced Materials, focuses
on creating gene carriers from synthetic, non-viral materials.
The team is led by Daniel Anderson, research associate in MIT's
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