Ultrathin Films Deliver DNA as Possible Gene Therapy Tool

Gene therapy - the idea of using genetic instructions rather than drugs to treat disease - has tickled scientists’ imaginations for decades, but is not yet a viable therapeutic method. One sizeable hurdle is getting the right genes into the right place at the right time. Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are now developing a tool to tackle this problem. >>> Discuss This Story

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