Although the prospects of gene therapy have not been fully realised, there is hope that nanotechnologies will have great impact on this field. Crommelin and colleagues describe such approaches to gene therapy. Nucleic acid delivery systems are being developed that incorporate virus-like functions in a single nanoparticle.
- Enrico Mastrobattista
- Marieke A. E. M. van der Aa
- Daan J. A. Crommelin