{"id":46722,"date":"2021-02-14T02:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T07:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/scientists-use-machine-learning-to-tackle-a-big-challenge-in-gene-therapy-stat.php"},"modified":"2021-02-14T02:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T07:50:53","slug":"scientists-use-machine-learning-to-tackle-a-big-challenge-in-gene-therapy-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/machine-learning\/scientists-use-machine-learning-to-tackle-a-big-challenge-in-gene-therapy-stat.php","title":{"rendered":"Scientists use machine learning to tackle a big challenge in gene therapy &#8211; STAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>As the world charges to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus, gene therapy developers are locked in a counterintuitive race. Instead of training the immune system to recognize and combat a virus, theyre trying to do the opposite: designing viruses the body has never seen, and cant fight back against.<\/p>\n<p>Its OK, really: These are adeno-associated viruses, which are common and rarely cause symptoms. That makes them the perfect vehicle for gene therapies, which aim to treat hereditary conditions caused by a single faulty gene. But they introduce a unique challenge: Because these viruses already circulate widely, patients immune systems may recognize the engineered vectors and clobber them into submission before they can do their job.<\/p>\n<p>Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!<\/p>\n<p>STAT+ is STAT's premium subscription service for in-depth biotech, pharma, policy, and life science coverage and analysis.Our award-winning team covers news on Wall Street, policy developments in Washington, early science breakthroughs and clinical trial results, and health care disruption in Silicon Valley and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2021\/02\/11\/dyno-gene-therapy-google-machine-learning\/\" title=\"Scientists use machine learning to tackle a big challenge in gene therapy - STAT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientists use machine learning to tackle a big challenge in gene therapy - STAT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> As the world charges to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus, gene therapy developers are locked in a counterintuitive race. Instead of training the immune system to recognize and combat a virus, theyre trying to do the opposite: designing viruses the body has never seen, and cant fight back against. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}