Can Electroporation Revive Gene Therapy?

Executive Summary

As regulators increase their scrutiny of viral vectors for gene therapy and set the bars for safety ever higher, some industry observers have begun questioning whether gene therapy will ever become a commercial reality. The difficulties in the field may turn out to be a life-saver for MaxCyte Inc. Its managers think their flow electroporation technology could be a platform for transforming patients' cells and getting them to produce a desired protein--without viruses, and the risks they bring.