Could gene therapy activate evolutionarily suppressed viruses?

Subject: Could gene therapy activate evolutionarily suppressed viruses?

Date: Mon Nov 8 02:25:19 1999
Posted by Adam Nagy
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Berze-Nagy Janos Gymnasium
City: Gyongyos State/Province: HE Country: Hungary
Area of science: Molecular Biology
ID: 942045919.Mb

Message:


Inactive partial virus genomes are found throughout the human chromosomes 
including the quiet introns. Could gene therapy activate such viruses by 
introducing active genes into previously inactive regions or upstream of 
suppressed virus genomes?

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