Enlace entre un gen de división celular y un gen suicida para definir y mejorar la seguridad de la terapia celular

Qin Liang1,2, Claudio Monetti1, Maria V Shutova1

  • 1Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Nature
|November 16, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio introduce un nuevo "sistema de células seguras" que vincula un gen suicida a un gen de división celular, mejorando la seguridad de las terapias celulares. Este sistema define cuantitativamente los niveles de seguridad, acelerando la traducción clínica de la medicina regenerativa.

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