They are the only means to target and
manipulate specific cell types (populations) within neuronal networks in living animals.
Not exact matches
The treatment is a
type of so - called CAR T -
cell therapy — taking a patient's own immune
cells, called T
cells, genetically
manipulating them to attack
specific proteins on cancer, and infusing them back into the patient.
«The challenge has been how to direct certain therapies designed to
manipulate genes of interest in
specific cells without developing a
specific drug carrier for each
specific cell type.
We're
manipulating genes in the
cell nucleus to produce
specific proteins, changing the normal recipe for growth and maturation, and transforming adult
cells into a new
type of
cell with the ability to morph into any other
cell type,» said Cooke, senior author and chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.