Perhaps, a molecule that could stimulate neurotrophic factors, such as NGF in vivo, would be more efficient, more safe and cost effective than
gene delivery directly into the brain.
Not exact matches
Some researchers have been trying an alternative route: engineering
gene -
delivery vehicles such as viruses to transfer neurotrophic - factor
genes directly into brain cells.
Remarkably, no matter how the researchers injected the custom - made
gene -
delivery virus — whether into an artery, intravenously, or
directly into muscle —
gene expression was limited to the targeted cells.