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Biotech / Medical : BJCT-BIOJECT-needle less injection product -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geewiz who wrote (401)	10/21/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: geewiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 534

very interesting article in Scientific America July99 issue about DNA vaccines; For Private use: The vaccines usually are delivered by injection or by a device known as a gene gun. Injection, commonly into muscle, puts genes directly into some cells and also leads to uptake by cells in the vicinity of the inserted needle. The gene gun propels plasmids into cells near the surface of the body--typicaly those of the skin or mucous membranes.... .....Clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of the first generation of DNA vaccines may not be completed for five or 10 years. Whether those specific versions reach the market, though, genetic immunization technologies are likely to prove extremely valuable for research into the basic biology of the immune response and for the design of even better vaccines. sciam.com Bioject is not mentioned but the device described as a gene gun is a close match. later, art