Pharmaceutical

Gene Therapy: The “Hunt” for CNS disorders! Many companies have tried over the years to find a way to reverse the course of crippling central nervous system disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease) but have failed. Fortunately, Gene therapy has proven to be an answer to a wide range of serious central nervous system disorders like Lou Gehrig’s disease, Friedreich’s Ataxia, and Parkinson’s etc. About Gene Therapy Gene therapy involves the use of a modified virus—a viral vector—as a vehicle to deliver healthy genes into a cell to replace faulty or missing ones. This is a new method with potential for treating a broad range of acquired ...