Gene therapy gives mice broad protection to pandemic flu strains, including 1918 flu

<P>Contact: Karen Kreeger<BR>karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu<BR>215-349-5658<BR>University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine <BR></P>
<P>PHILADELPHIA ? Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania have developed a new gene therapy to thwart a potential influenza pandemic. Specifically, investigators in the Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, directed by James M. Wilson, MD, PhD, demonstrated

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