Transfection For Viral Vector Manufacturing

Gene and Cell Therapy rely on the use of modified viruses as vectors to transfer genes into cells that they are able to infect. Modified viruses used as vectors are derived from adeno-associated viruses (AAV), lentiviruses, retroviruses and adenoviruses. These viral vectors first need to be produced in mammalian cells. Production of viral vectors is dependent on efficient transfection of one to several plasmid DNA containing the necessary viral genome to produce recombinant viral particles.