viral vector
Modified infection carrier
A viral vector is a virus modified to deliver genetic material into cells without causing disease.
Scientists strip out harmful genes and insert therapeutic ones, using the virus's natural ability to penetrate cells.
Viral vectors are essential tools in gene therapy and vaccine development: The COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca use viral vectors to trigger immune response.
- capsidViral genetic material's casing
- tropismStimulus-directed movement
- transductionSignal or energy transformation
- retrovirusRNA virus copying into DNA
- gene therapyMedical DNA modification treatment
gene editing · host cell · plasmid · transgene · cassette · immune response · synthetic biology · vaccine development · clinical trial · virology · transfection · bacteriophage · delivery system · gene transfer · recombinant DNA · cancer treatment · integration · antigen
- gene deliverylentivirus, adenovirus, retrovirus, plasmid, liposome
- genetic vectorsplasmid, BAC, PAC, lambda phage, lentivirus
- vaccine ingredientsadjuvant, adjuvants, antigen, antigens, preservative
- vaccinesvaccine, Pfizer, polio vaccine, Moderna, vaccines
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- CAR-T therapytransduction, CRS, apheresis, manufacturing process, cryopreservation