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Hijacking Viruses: Optimizing Lentivirus-Based Cell Engineering

Filippo Rossignoli discusses the challenges he faced when employing lentiviruses to produce immunotherapies and how he overcame these obstacles.

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Researchers commonly employ lentiviruses to modify cells genetically. However, they must overcome several challenges when using these viruses in the laboratory or clinic. In this episode, Charlene Lancaster from The Scientist’s Creative Services Team spoke with Filippo Rossignoli, instructor in neurosurgery at the Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, about using lentiviruses to engineer cell therapies and the troubleshooting process he undertook to optimize viral production and infection.

More on this topic: Viral Vector Platforms for Gene Therapy

LabTalk is a special edition podcast produced by The Scientist's Creative Services Team, where we explore topics at the leading edge of innovative research. This month’s episode is sponsored by Mirus Bio.

Rossignoli

Speaker:
Filippo Rossignoli, PhD

Instructor in Neurosurgery
Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School




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