Groundbreaking Gene Therapies for Hereditary Diseases

Alessandro Aiuti, a physician and research scientist from Milan, receives the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2020 endowed with 2.5 million euros.

A new ingredient to potentiate gene therapy in stem cells

A new study published by the research team led by Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) in Milan, shows that a naturally occurring compound significantly increases the efficiency of lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer in blood stem cells.