gene-therapy vector

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• Gene therapy — using an Adenovirus vector. A new gene is inserted into an adenovirull. If the treatment is successful, the new gene will make a functional protein. Gene therapy is the insertion, alteration, or removal of genes within an individual s cells and… …   Wikipedia

• gene therapy — n the insertion of usu. genetically altered genes into cells esp. to replace defective genes in the treatment of genetic disorders or to provide a specialized disease fighting function (as the destruction of tumor cells) gene therapist n * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• gene therapy — treatment directed to curing genetic disease by introducing normal genes into patients to overcome the effects of defective genes, using techniques of genetic engineering. The most radical approach would be to do this at a very early stage in the …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Vector (biology) — In epidemiology, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which transmits infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. A classic example is the anopheles mosquito which acts as a vector for the disease malaria… …   Wikipedia

• Vector — In medicine, a vector is a carrier. The best way to understand a vector is to recall its origin as a word. Vector is the Latin word for a bearer. In parasitology (the study of parasitic organisms), the vector carries the parasitic agent. For… …   Medical dictionary

• Gene, suicide — A gene whose expression in a cell is lethal for that cell. Suicide genes form the basis of a strategy for making cancer cells more vulnerable, more sensitive to chemotherapy. The approach has been to attach parts of genes expressed in cancer… …   Medical dictionary

• vector — n. 1) an animal, usually an insect or a tick, that transmits parasitic microorganisms – and therefore the diseases they cause – from person to person or from infected animals to human beings. Mosquitoes, for example, are vectors of malaria,… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Vector viral — Un vector viral es un virus modificado que hace de vehículo para introducir material genético exógeno en el núcleo de una célula. En terapia génica, el uso de virus como vectores requiere la eliminación de los genes que dotan al virus de su… …   Wikipedia Español

• Viral vector — Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This process can be performed inside a living organism ( in vivo ) or in cell culture ( in vitro ). Viruses have evolved specialized molecular… …   Wikipedia

• Suicide gene — A gene whose expression in a cell is lethal for that cell. Suicide genes form the basis of a strategy for making cancer cells more vulnerable, more sensitive to chemotherapy. The approach has been to attach parts of genes expressed in cancer… …   Medical dictionary

• Suicide gene — A suicide gene, in genetics, will cause a cell to kill itself through apoptosis. Activation of these genes can be due to many processes, but the main cellular switch to induce apoptosis is the p53 protein.Stimulation or introduction (through gene …   Wikipedia