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SUMMARY:HIV-1 vectors:  How can you convert a pathogen to a therapeutic ve
 hicle? - Eirini Vamva\, PhD Candidate in the Department of Medicine 
DTSTART:20161020T121000Z
DTEND:20161020T130000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Sir Peter Medawar has once very successfully said that viruses
  are bad news wrapped up in protein. Imagine if we could convert these bad
  news into therapeutic ones! Gene therapy is the process via which genes a
 re introduced into patient cells in order to treat diseases caused by gene
 tic disorders. Viruses like HIV-1\, have been engineered in such a way tha
 t genes can be safely introduced into cells by exploiting the clever and p
 owerful viral mechanisms. These engineered viruses\, called vectors\, are 
 not as efficient as the infectious strains\, and thus more research is foc
 used on improving the production and efficiency of these agents for patien
 t treatment on the DNA level. 
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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