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adeno-associated virus

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adeno-associated virus
a replication-defective, single-stranded DNA virus classifed in the genus Dependovirus of the family Parvoviridae. They depend on help provided by coinfection with adenoviruses for their replication. Not known to cause disease.

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Recombinant adeno-associated virus gone therapy for cystic fibrosis and [alpha]1-antitrypsin deficiency.
High and her team injected the adeno-associated virus loaded with the factor IX gene into the leg muscles of five hemophiliac dogs.
In this Phase I trial of AAT gene therapy, Brantly, Flotte and colleagues at the University of Florida, Gainesville, injected increasing doses of recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (rAAV2)-AAT vector into 12 AAT-deficient adults.
 
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