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Electroporation

A technique used in vitro since the beginning of the 1980s but applied in vivo only very recently, allowing the in vitro introduction of foreign DNA into cells. The latter are subjected to potential difference (voltage), which has the effect of dilating the pores of the cell membrane and thus making easier the passage of the DNA. This technique is also used in vivo to transfer genes into the cells of the skin, for example.

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