cAAVe phaenomena: Beware of appearances!

Calzolari, Filippo; Berninger, Benedikt · Cell · 2021

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell, Wang et al. come to the unsettling conclusion that adeno-associated viruses, despite being engineered for glia-specific expression, can become widely active in endogenous neurons, misleading researchers in their quest for efficient conversion of glia into neurons for brain repair.

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