Flemish Minister for Economy, Science and Innovation Jo Brouns has inaugurated a new research facility for innovative gene therapy at KU Leuven. The new lab and office space for the Trellis research group, led by Professor Els Henckaerts, will carry out research into new, advanced medicines based on harmless viruses that can repair or replace defective genes, thus curing genetic diseases. The research facility was funded by ’Vlaamse Veerkracht’ (’Flemish Resilience’), the post-coronavirus relaunch plan from the Flemish Government.
Gene therapy is a revolutionary way of curing genetic-related diseases that have so far remained untreatable. ...
