Gene Therapy for HIV and Chronic Infections

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berkhout, Ben (Editor), Ertl, Hildegund C.J (Editor), Weinberg, Marc S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 848
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene therapy.; Immunology.; Biomedicine.; Gene Therapy.; Biomedicine general.

This volume examines gene therapy and gene transfer approaches to preventing or treating chronic virus infections, focusing on the Big Three viral pathogens- HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).  It explores molecular antiviral strategies, including RNA interference, aptamer-si...