Wednesday, February 08, 2006

 

Scientists Force Viruses To Evolve As Better Delivery Vehicles For Gene Therapy

Viruses and humans have evolved together over millions of years in a game of one-upmanship that, often as not, left humans sick or worse.

Now, a University of California, Berkeley, researcher has shown that viruses - in this case, a benign one - can be forced to evolve in ways to benefit humans.

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