Team:Tsinghua

From 2014.igem.org

Hi! We are Team Tsinghua. We present to you a gene therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM).

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T1DM results from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Our approach converts somatic cells into regulated insulin-producing cells, thus eliminating the need for continuous insulin therapy.

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We use Adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a transfection vector to introduce genes, which has proven to be safe… Well, that’s a whole other story, want to know more?

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