Lentiviral vector

Patent Granted Lentiviral vectors in gene therapy is a method by which genes can be inserted, modified, or deleted in organisms using lentivirus. Lentivirus are a family of viruses that are responsible for notable diseases like HIV.[1] The Lentivirus is unique in that it has been the basis of research using viruses in gene therapy. To be effective in gene therapy, there must be insertion, alteration and/or removal of host cell genes. To do this scientists use the Lentivirus' mechanisms of infection to achieve a desired outcome to gene therapy.