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Molecular "Fed-Ex truck" knocks down mutant proteins, delivers genes

Symptoms of many diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and Alzheimer's disease can be traced to the problem of

Vaccine candidate could prevent norovirus

Scientists at Ohio State University are working on a new method of vaccine delivery to combat human norovirus, a virus that causes highly contagious vomiting and diarrhea. Using a viral vector

UPenn drug-delivery vector aims to avoid immune attacks

Viruses have had a limited run in the drug delivery game because, while they can home in on tissues throughout the body, our immune systems are wired to mount defenses against them. Yet a group at