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MaryBall
4y ago
Because this therapy edits the stem cells that are found in the bone marrow, it essentially means that the disease is being fixed at the source. Bone marrow stem cells eventually turn into blood cells and immune cells. So if 100% of the cel
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MaryBall
4y ago
Yes, you’re right! A lentiviral vector is used to insert the working gene into the patient’s stem cells. Obviously this is a non-pathogenic version of the virus, so it’s ability to make you ill has been essentially “switched off”. However t