Junk DNA in birds may hold key to safe, efficient gene therapy

Credit: BRIANA VAN TREECK, UC BERKELEY

RETROTRANSPOSONS FOUND IN THE GENOMES OF THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW AND THE ZEBRA FINCH ARE SHOWN TO SAFELY SHEPHERD TRANSGENES INTO THE HUMAN GENOME, PROVIDING A GENE THERAPY APPROACH COMPLEMENTARY TO CRISPR-CAS9 GENE EDITING.

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