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Herpes simplex virus |
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| Excellent safety profile in humans | |||||||||||||||
| Access wide variety of cell types in dividing and non-dividing tissue | |||||||||||||||
| Accomodate up to 40 - 50Kbp foreign DNA | |||||||||||||||
| DNA does not integrate into host cell chromosome | |||||||||||||||
| Easy to manipulate viral geneome using our shuttle vectors | |||||||||||||||
| Wide choice of constitutive or tissue specific promoters | |||||||||||||||
| Viral targeting to specific cell types | |||||||||||||||
| Easy to manufacture high titre stocks | |||||||||||||||
| Easy to terminate treatment using anti-viral drugs | |||||||||||||||