The jumping gene or "Sleeping Beauty" transposon is "Molecule of the Year 2009". This was announced by teacher Isidro T. Savillo, general of the International Society for Molecular and Cell Biology and Biotechnology Protocols and
investigation (ISMCBBPR). The transposon was be bred by Dr. Zsuzsanna Izsvák, Dr. Zoltán Ivics and Dr. Lajos Mátés of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular drug in Berlin-Buch. proper to rule to the jury, it was selected out of 15 molecules nominated in the contest because "this modicum holds great promise for gene therapy"...

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