Looks more promising than anything I;ve read on these boards. Maybe 5 or so years out from something? J
Posted by coltman (Member # 21272) on :
I dunno about immune system but this certainly looks a lot promising for DNA modification. Viral vectors so far were pnot very safe an reliable
Posted by jl123 (Member # 15594) on :
This is the part that excites me...
"Zinc fingers could be the gift that stem cell researchers have been waiting for. Stem cells taken from a patient may need to be genetically corrected before use, but until now there had been no way of doing so.
Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch, a stem cell expert at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., reported in August that he had successfully singled out three genes in induced embryonic stem cells with the help of zinc finger scissors designed by Sangamo. ``This is a really important tool for human embryonic stem cells,'' Dr. Jaenisch said. The technology has not yet reached perfection. Some of the zinc fingers Sangamo provided ``worked beautifully,'' he said, but some did not."
Posted by jl123 (Member # 15594) on :
As some have found in going to india for stem-cell treatment, sometimes the biggest thing one can do to affect the most change-no matter the bug/virus, is to globally re-charge a decent portion of the immune system. This technique can only make such stem-cell treatments eventually-- more effective and safer.
In the article they also speak of treating complete immune breakdown --"boy in a bubble". This is also exciting moving towards the general need of all Lyme sufferers to have their immune system recharged. J