Announcements about job openings have been frequent at Biovian, since the company is growing steadily. Thus, several persons have been hired during the last few months. We asked Eija Martikkala, one of our newest colleagues, …
Adenoviruses are among the most attractive Viral Vectors for gene therapy because of their well-defined biology and characteristics. They have a high packaging capacity and can accommodate large transgene inserts of sizes up to ~8 kb. Adenovirus vectors also have high transduction efficiency and they can infect both dividing and non-dividing cells in a broad range of cell and tissue …
A conversation with Pirjo Merilahti, PhD., Virology. At Biovian, Viral Vector process development is planned and executed by a team of experienced scientists, led by Dr Pirjo Merilahti. Her team typically starts the project with …
The therapeutic possibilities of cell and gene therapy are very appealing. The possibility to use a Viral Vector to carry the therapeutic gene into the target cells or to initiate cell transduction holds the potential …
