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gene delivery and expression [48]. In the meantime, non-viral self-
assemblies with DNA remain a complementary approach to viral
gene delivery rather than an independent competitive technology.
Acknowledgments
The research described here was supported by the Bioavenir
program of the French Ministry of Industry, Rhone Poulenc-Rorer
(Aventis), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and
the Israel Science Foundation grant No. 274/02-4, and the Marcus
Center for Medicinal Chemistry.
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