intracerebrale in topo adulto. Questa caratteristica potrebbe essere sfruttata al
meglio ed utilizzata come mezzo per veicolare materiale genico ai neuroni
endogeni, ma soprattutto potrebbe essere sfruttata per scopi terapeutici, come
già dimostrato per il fegato (Vassilopoulos et al., 2003), e contribuire alla
sopravvivenza di neuroni danneggiati in seguito a lesioni o malattie
neurodegenerative oppure per effettuare una sorta di terapia genica allo scopo
di sostituire geni ‘malati’ alla base di molte malattie genetiche che
coinvolgono il cervello come la Corea di Huntington.
6. RINGRAZIAMENTI
Ringrazio la Prof.ssa Elena Cattaneo per avermi permesso di lavorare nel suo laboratorio e avermi seguita costantemente durante tutto il periodo del Dottorato.
Ringrazio il Dr. Luciano Conti per la sua immensa disponibilità e pazienza.
Ringrazio tutti i miei amici e colleghi del CattaneoLab, persone stupende con le quali ho condiviso momenti meravigliosi e grazie ai quali sono sempre riuscita ad andare avanti nonostante le innumerevoli difficoltà.
Un grazie speciale va a Paola, con la quale ho condiviso ore e ore davanti ad un tavolo stereotassico per sperare in un risultato atteso da mesi….
Grazie a Sara, Barbara, Lorenzo, Attilio e Massimo per avermi aiutata nelle ultime fasi di stesura della Tesi, in particolare un grazie di cuore a Giulia, grazie!
Ovviamente, ringrazio tutta la mia famiglia ed in particolare i miei genitori, e per ultmino ma non meno importante, un grazie molto molto speciale va a Stefano, per esserci sempre.
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