Tehran, IRNA – Amirmohammad Bakhtiari, an Iranian graduate student from Sharif University of Technology, has won the silver award at the International Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA) INV competitions held in Switzerland.
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian researchers have developed optimized recombinant viral vectors that can efficiently and less aggressively transfer genes through intravitreal injection for gene therapy, to prevent blindness in patients with the hereditary disease 'retinitis pigmentosa'.