Vaccines are one of the most critical medical advancements in human history. This was recently demonstrated with the international coronavirus pandemic. The highly transmissible COVID-19 virus ...

Gene therapy aims to treat both genetic and infectious diseases via introduction of new genetic material into the appropriate cells in the body. One of the greatest challenges of gene therapy is ...

There are several types of viral vectors that can be used to deliver nucleic acids into the genetic makeup of cells, including retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus and herpes ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...