Speaker:
Title:
Exploring the Virome for In Vivo RNA Delivery
Abstract:
Delivering gene editing RNA drugs to specific organs is difficult because RNA is unstable and most drug delivery vehicles encapsulating RNA go to the liver. We propose to look for viruses that naturally avoid the liver and go to specific organs and hijack these viruses as new ways to deliver RNA. We are developing new tools to design, create, interrogate, and iterate upon these delivery vectors. These tools will hopefully help enable the future of genetic medicine.