Cancer gene therapy is often carried out by the introduction of specific genes into cancer host cells that destroy cancer or that will enhance the immune response against cancer cells. Viruses are ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 93, No. 21 (Oct. 15, 1996), pp. 11307-11312 (6 pages) Herpes simplex virus vectors are being developed for ...

In the realm of gene therapy and genetic engineering, viral vectors have emerged as indispensable tools for delivering genetic material to cells. These modified viruses possess the ability to ...

A new variation of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system makes it easier to re-engineer massive quantities of cells for therapeutic applications. The approach, developed at Gladstone Institutes and UC ...

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Understand unit vectors in cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems with a simple and intuitive explanation. This video breaks down how these vectors define direction in three-dimensional space ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers proposed rotavirus (RV)-based vaccine vectors with the potential for developing polyvalent vaccines targeting multiple enteric ...