Viruses like HIV and Ebola are enabling researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to construct effective tools for gene therapy. Carefully combined and modified, these dangerous viruses could one day become an integral part of live-saving treatments for serious genetic disorders.

You can read the full text of the research article in the March 2001 issue of Nature Biotechnology. Subscription required for full text. Here's the URL:

http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nbt/journal/v19/n3/abs/nbt0301_225.html

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