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Vector Core Facility (VCF)

Vector Core Facility

Overview

The Vector Core was established in 1991 as part of the gene therapy initiative at the University of Pittsburgh. In this capacity, the core has generated viral vectors and provided reagents to projects working on treatment of gene therapy for cancer, Gaucher disease, gene therapy for arthritis, gene transfer to facilitate islet transplantation, gene transfer to myoblasts, in utero gene transfer and gene transfer to hepatocytes and endothelial cells. For more information, please visit http://www.vectorcore.pitt.edu/.