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Christine Kinnon is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans across multiple disciplines within the life sciences, with a particular focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. The body of their work encompasses several subfields, including genetics, infectious diseases, oncology, biotechnology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main research topics show a strong emphasis on virus-based gene therapy research and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology. Additional areas of focus include CAR-T cell therapy research, transgenic plants and their applications, and CRISPR and genetic engineering. These topics illustrate a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied biomedical sciences.

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Christine Kinnon regularly collaborates with other researchers, most notably with H. Bobby Gaspar. This indicates a professional network possibly focused on related areas of study within gene therapies and medical research.

The absence of listed recent papers and specific publication venues in the available data limits a detailed view of Kinnon's publishing record. However, the distribution of publications across several main fields and subfields indicates sustained research activity in critical biomedical areas.

Their engagement with topics such as virus-based gene therapy and CAR-T cell therapy research positions Christine Kinnon within the cutting edge of therapeutic innovations, while involvement with transgenic plants suggests interdisciplinary involvement extending biotechnology applications beyond human medicine.

Best Publications

  • The gene involved in X-linked agammaglobulinaemia is a member of the src family of protein-tyrosine kinases

    Vetrie D;Vorechovský I;Sideras P;Sideras P;Holland J

  • Insertional mutagenesis combined with acquired somatic mutations causes leukemogenesis following gene therapy of SCID-X1 patients

    Steven J. Howe;Marc R. Mansour;Kerstin Schwarzwaelder;Cynthia Bartholomae

  • Gene therapy of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency by use of a pseudotyped gammaretroviral vector

    H Bobby Gaspar;Kathryn L Parsley;Steven Howe;Doug King

  • High-level transduction and gene expression in hematopoietic repopulating cells using a human imunodeficiency virus type 1-based lentiviral vector containing an internal spleen focus forming virus promoter

    Christophe Demaison;Kathryn Parsley;Gaby Brouns;Michaela Scherr

  • Effective gene therapy with nonintegrating lentiviral vectors

    Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz;Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz;Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz;Kamaljit S Balaggan;Angus MacNeil;Steven J Howe

  • Restoration of photoreceptor ultrastructure and function in retinal degeneration slow mice by gene therapy

    Robin R. Ali;Gian-Marco Sarra;Clare Stephens;Mahesh de Alwis

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Adenosine Deaminase–Deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Leads to Long-Term Immunological Recovery and Metabolic Correction

    H. Bobby Gaspar;H. Bobby Gaspar;Samantha Cooray;Samantha Cooray;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Kathryn L. Parsley;Kathryn L. Parsley

  • Gene Transfer into the Mouse Retina Mediated by an Adeno-Associated Viral Vector

    Robin R. Ali;Martin B. Reichel;Adrian J. Thrasher;Roland J. Levinsky

  • Successful reconstitution of immunity in ADA-SCID by stem cell gene therapy following cessation of PEG-ADA and use of mild preconditioning.

    H. Bobby Gaspar;H. Bobby Gaspar;Emma Bjorkegren;Kate Parsley;Kate Parsley;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Kimberly C. Gilmour

  • Chemotaxis of macrophages is abolished in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

    D. Zicha;William Allen;P.M. Brickell;C. Kinnon

  • Enhanced human cell engraftment in mice deficient in RAG2 and the common cytokine receptor gamma chain

    J P Goldman;M P Blundell;L Lopes;C Kinnon

  • Long-Term Persistence of a Polyclonal T Cell Repertoire After Gene Therapy for X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

    H. Bobby Gaspar;Samantha Cooray;Samantha Cooray;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Kathryn L. Parsley;Kathryn L. Parsley

  • Two novel activating mutations in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein result in congenital neutropenia

    Phil J. Ancliff;Michael P. Blundell;Giles O. Cory;Yolanda Calle

  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein is necessary for efficient IgG-mediated phagocytosis

    Roberto Lorenzi;Paul M. Brickell;David R. Katz;Christine Kinnon

  • Lipid-mediated enhancement of transfection by a nonviral integrin-targeting vector.

    S. L. Hart;C. V. Arancibia-Carcamo;M. A. Wolfert;C. Mailhos

  • B-cell antigen receptor stimulation activates the human Bruton's tyrosine kinase, which is deficient in X-linked agammaglobulinemia.

    M. De Weers;G. S. Brouns;S. Hinshelwood;C. Kinnon

  • Gammaretrovirus-mediated correction of SCID-X1 is associated with skewed vector integration site distribution in vivo

    Kerstin Schwarzwaelder;Steven J. Howe;Manfred Schmidt;Manfred Schmidt;Martijn H. Brugman

  • Codon optimization of human factor VIII cDNAs leads to high-level expression

    Natalie J. Ward;Suzanne M. K. Buckley;Simon N. Waddington;Thierry VandenDriessche;Thierry VandenDriessche

  • Self-inactivating Gammaretroviral Vectors for Gene Therapy of X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

    Susannah I Thornhill;Axel Schambach;Steven J Howe;Meera Ulaganathan

  • Lentiviral vectors containing an enhancer-less ubiquitously acting chromatin opening element (UCOE) provide highly reproducible and stable transgene expression in hematopoietic cells

    Fang Zhang;Susannah I. Thornhill;Steven J. Howe;Meera Ulaganathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian J. Thrasher
Adrian J. Thrasher University College London
Kimberly Gilmour
Kimberly Gilmour Great Ormond Street Hospital
Simon N. Waddington
Simon N. Waddington University College London
Gareth E. Jones
Gareth E. Jones King's College London
Sue Malcolm
Sue Malcolm University College London
Robin R. Ali
Robin R. Ali King's College London
Philip D. Gregory
Philip D. Gregory Sangamo BioSciences (United States)
Paul Veys
Paul Veys Great Ormond Street Hospital
Michael C. Holmes
Michael C. Holmes Ambys Medicines
Christopher Baum
Christopher Baum Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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