An approach towards bronchoscopic-based gene therapy using electrical field accelerated plasmid droplets

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Boehringer, Stephan
Geiser, Thomas
Gazdhar, Amiq
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2012
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2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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IEEE
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New York
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease affecting the distal lung, due to failure of the alveolar epithelium to heal after micro-injuries, leading to inefficient gas exchange and resulting in death. Therapeutic options are very limited. A new therapeutic approach based on gene therapy restores the self-healing process within the lung in the experimental setup. A basic requirement of this therapy is the successful transduction of genes into the alveolar epithelium in the distal part of the lung, for which a new therapeutic instrument is required. In this paper we present the concept and first experimental results of a device which uses an electrical field to accelerate the charged droplets of plasmid suspension toward the tissue and which overcomes cell membrane with its impact energy. The aim is to develop a therapeutic device capable of being integrated into minimally invasive procedures such as bronchoscopy.
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600 - Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften
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34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS
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28.08.2012
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01.09.2012
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English
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HRADETZKY, David, Stephan BOEHRINGER, Thomas GEISER und Amiq GAZDHAR, 2012. An approach towards bronchoscopic-based gene therapy using electrical field accelerated plasmid droplets. In: 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. New York: IEEE. 2012. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/46668