Safe Harbor? Leukemia, Gene Transfer, and Lentiviral Vectors

A few further observations from the American Society of Gene Therapy Meeting… A recurrent theme in this blog is the frequency with which novel research fields encounter safety problems that confound laboratory predictions. One presentation at the 2009 ASGT meeting brought this point home. Recall my entry on May 12 discussing various refinements to retroviral… Continue reading Safe Harbor? Leukemia, Gene Transfer, and Lentiviral Vectors

Just the FACS: Reprise on Insertional Mutagenesis

I‘ve just returned from the annual European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy meeting in Belgium.  Lots of great material for upcoming posts. For now, I want to follow on the last posting on the leukemias in the X-SCID study.  A warning: those lacking a stomach for science geek-talk might want to skip this posting.… Continue reading Just the FACS: Reprise on Insertional Mutagenesis