Lentigen Corporation, a biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of lentiviral gene delivery technologies, announced that it has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) small business technology transfer (STTR) grant for a program on “Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis.” In this program, Lentigen will collaborate with Dr. R. Scott McIvor Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, and Dr. Walter Low, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

The goal of this program is to evaluate the feasibility of using lentiviral vectors to restore the missing gene in patient’s cells and return the cells back to the patient. The specific research that will be conducted under this grant will use a mouse model of MPS II created in the laboratory of Dr. Joseph Muenzer, University of North Carolina, to establish and test conditions for introduction of the correcting gene and its effectiveness when reintroduced into the animals.

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