AAV-An Awesome Vehicle!
Sep 7, 2018 · 9 min read

This is the first in a series of blogs on gene therapy in which I will introduce what viral vectors are and how they have become a definitive weapon in the battle to cure genetic diseases. This week I will focus on AAV.
Since its discovery in 1965, the Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) has come a long way in its usefulness as a molecular tool. Originally found by Bob Atchison, M. David Hoggan and Wallace Rowe, AAV was known…

