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Healing of genetic disorders?
- Question
- The university of Dresden (Germany) together with the Heinrich-Pette institute in Hamburg, Germany, developed a method, that can liberate the HIV code from the human genetic material. It is reported, that with that there is a chance, to heal genetic diseases, as with this method one could influence the human genetic material.
Would such a method be possibly able to heal also the illness of CF? - Answer
- Hello,
in the publication of the involved scientists in the journal "Nature Biotechnology" it says that with the described method in case of a viral infection with HIV the HIV provirus can be recognized in the genetic material of the host cell and can be removed. Therefore the method could have the potential of a healing HIV therapy (Karpinski et al.; 2014).
In contrast, the methods for the illness of CF are about "incorporating healthy genetic material" into the cells. Therefore I think, that the methods can not be directly transferred.
Best regards,
Dr. Christian Hügel - 16.04.2016
