Yes, indoor environments have less parasites than the great outdoors, but they are not protective bubbles. (macvetva.com)
To super-charge AAV as a gene carrier into the inner ear, the team used a form of the virus wrapped in protective bubbles called exosomes, an approach recently developed by study co-investigators Casey Maguire, HMS assistant professor of neurology at the Mass General, and Xandra Breakefield, HMS professor of neurology at Mass General. (sciencedaily.com)