The virus, redesigned using
sophisticated protein engineering
techniques, works: With its shield and its adapter, these viral gene shuttles efficiently infected tumor cells in
laboratory animals.
The electrical and mechanical activity of the manufactured tissues then can be investigated with the help of a variety of
sophisticated imaging and force measurement
techniques, many developed at WUSTL in the
laboratories of Elson and Genin, and of Igor Efimov, PhD, the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.