Week - 1 |
Introduction: What is gene therapy?, History of gene therapy |
Week - 2 |
Types of Gene Therapy: Germ Cell Gene Therapy |
Week - 3 |
Somatic Cell Gene Therapy |
Week - 4 |
Gene Therapy Vectors: Vector applications, General introduction of viruses |
Week - 5 |
Gene Transfer Methods: Viral gene transfer systems |
Week - 6 |
Adeno viruses (ADV) and Adeno-associated virus (AAV) applications |
Week - 7 |
Retroviral vectors |
Week - 8 |
Lentivirus vectors |
Week - 9 |
Herpes Viruses |
Week - 10 |
Non-viral Gene Delivery Systems: Chemical methods |
Week - 11 |
; Non-viral Gene Delivery Systems: Physical methods |
Week - 12 |
RNAi Based Therapeutic Strategies |
Week - 13 |
Gene Silencing Methods- CRISPR-Cas9 |
Week - 14 |
Gene Therapy and Biosafety |