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[hanscott]

Yes, saw the FDA definitions, which are different apparently from the ASGCT definitions of gene therapy.

Maybe they differ because they have a "C" that stands for "CELL."

They define both mRNA and DNA based therapies as gene therapies, since both are genetic material.

What is the definition of "gene?" Is mRNA in that definition?


According to the National Human Genome Institute and any other reference you want:

Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating disease by altering the patient's genetic material.

I can understand their calling it gene therapy: they are injecting mRNA, which encodes the information of a gene, into a cell.

But the strict definition of gene therapy is the changing of the cell's DNA.
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Did you read the papers and articles I linked? What did you think of them?

No, this is a long, unnecessary tangent.

What do you think of brilacidin and kevetrin's prospects going forward here?

I'm not sure - I'm very, very early in my DD.