tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post110425320705305891..comments2023-10-18T03:56:28.984-04:00Comments on Howard Lovy's NanoBot: Is that nano in your genes ...?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1104634909807156132005-01-01T22:01:00.000-05:002005-01-01T22:01:00.000-05:00Hi, Charles. Welcome to the NanoBot discussion. I ...Hi, Charles. Welcome to the NanoBot discussion. I enjoy your work.<br /><br />I haven't looked at this carefully yet, and would need to make some calls on it, but it sounds to me like they don't yet know what the immune response would be since they have yet to test it inside a living organism. This paragraph indicates that's the next step:<br /><br />"The UB researchers now are collaborating on in vivo studies with colleagues from the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to use their novel nanoparticles to transfect neuronal cells in the brains of mice."<br /><br />I'd keep an eye on this collaboration. The next piece of "breaking news" will depend on what happens inside those mice's brains.<br /><br />HowardHoward Lovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901713018468508005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1104625644273144192005-01-01T19:27:00.000-05:002005-01-01T19:27:00.000-05:00Was interested in that research myself for a possi...Was interested in that research myself for a possible story. Still, while the press release mentions viral vectors can provoke immune responses and that the nanoparticles can act as gene therapy vectors, the press release and the PNAS paper neglected to mention to my satisfaction whether the nanoparticles provoked immune responses. Shrug. -- Charles Q. ChoiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com