Nikolaus McFarland, M.D., Ph.D., the Wright/Falls/Simmons Professor in PSP/Atypical Parkinson’s in the Department of Neurology, at the University of Florida discussing the use of adeno-associated viruses, or AAV, to produce therapies for genetic disease with Scientific American, in the article Engineered Viruses Make Neurons Glow and Treat Brain Disease from the June 2, 2025 issue.
“There are a lot of good examples” of how AAVs are being used to treat brain disease, says Nikolaus McFarland, a neurologist at the University of Florida, who treats neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. “It’s really exciting stuff.”