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>Remember, there's no reversal agent or half-life elimination for such genetic treatments.

Another virus that removes/breaks the inserted gene?



The bane of most gene therapy research is lack of persistence. With how serious and morbid HD is, I’d guess patients will take their chances.


if I understand correctly it only injects a "gene cassette" which forms an episome (a plasmid-like thing, ie. just a ring of DNA outside the nucleus, just floating around in the cell), so it's non-integrating

https://youtu.be/q8HIubDJiMI?t=41


Mentioning that might have just been Guardrails…




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