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Is the gene therapy for aids?
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Gene therapy for HIV: Gene therapy for HIV could be coming. A company called sangamo pharm. Has developed a gene modification tool called a zinc-finger endonuclease that can alter on of the lymphocyte genes that allows HIV to enter the cells; called a chemokine receptor. They are involved in clinical studies at this time that look promising.
Answered 6/10/2014
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