Turning cells into better protein factories could help improve gene therapies. Here's how

Aug 8, 2022

gene therapy protein factory muscle cells genetic diseases

Gene therapy often relies on easily accessible muscle cells to treat genetic diseases. Image: Unsplash/Sangharsh Lohakare

Daniel N. Hebert

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst

Lila Gierasch

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst

Our Impact

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Health and Healthcare is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Health and Healthcare

Lung damage from alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency can lead to emphysema. Gene therapy has great potential for treating AAT. Image: Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology/Flickr

Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing to combat Alzheimer's?

Have you read?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.