The present disclosure provides a method of restoring or enhancing visual function in an individual, the method comprising administering to the individual a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding one or more of a medium wavelength cone opsin (MW-opsin), a long wavelength cone opsin (LW-opsin), and a short wavelength cone opsin (SW-opsin). One or more of the MW-opsin, LW-opsin, and SW-opsin is expressed in a retinal cell in the individual, thereby restoring or enhancing visual function.

Described herein are methods and compositions for treating MPS I (Hurler) disease.

Methods of using vvectors comprising nucleic acid and nucleic acid variants encoding FVIII protein are disclosed. In particular embodiments, a method of treating a human having hemophilia A includes administering a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding Factor VIII (FVIII) or nucleic acid variant encoding Factor VIII (FVIII) having a B domain deletion (hFVIII-BDD). In some aspects, a nucleic acid variant has 95% or greater identity to SEQ ID NO:7 and/or a nucleic acid variant has no more than 2 cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (CpGs). In other aspects, a rAAV vector is administered to the human at a dose of less than about 610.sup.12 vector genomes per kilogram (vg/kg).

The invention pertains to a lipid-based microbubble stably binding a plurality of nucleic acids, and a method of delivering the microbubble and nucleic acids to a specific target site using ultrasound. The delivered nucleic acids create transgenic cells (i.e., for example, a transgenic tumor cell), wherein the transgenic cell expresses the proteins encoded by the delivered nucleic acids. This technology provides a significant improvement for microbubble-drug delivery platforms as known microbubble do not efficiently bind nucleic acids. The improvements described herein include but are not limited to identifying proper lipid proportionality ratios and/or cationic surfactant layers that provide an optimum mechanical index compatible with ultrasonics. Microbubble perfusion and/or nucleic acid delivery may be performed by a combination of imaging and ultrasound/microbubble targeted delivery to simultaneously perform low power two-dimensional imaging and high power microbubble destruction. Such systems are useful in therapeutics and/or diagnositics. For example, the data disclosed herein shows proof of principle in conjunction with the deliviery of therapeutic siRNA molecules to slow tumor growth.

The present invention includes methods for transferring a multigenic phenotype to a cell by transfecting, preferably by phototransfection, and locally transfecting a cell or a cellular process with a laser while the cell is bathed in a fluid medium comprising two or more nucleic acids, thereby introducing the nucleic acid into the interior of the cell. Expression of the nucleic acids results in a multigenic phenotype in the transfected cell.

Provided are methods of treating a subject in need of treatment for a disease caused by a loss of function or activity of a protein. Also provided are methods of treating a subject in need of treatment for a disease caused by a gain of function, activity or expression, of a protein.

The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding hum n alpha-galactosidase A, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized alpha-galactosidase A sequences, and methods of treating disorders such as Fabry disease comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human alpha-galactosidase A.

The present disclosure relates to an improved method of treating a patient with a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) by adjunctively administering to the patient via systemic administration a composition comprising at least one antibody or antigen-binding fragments thereof that is capable of neutralizing the non-systemically administered rAAV. The present disclosure further provides kits for the combination therapy.

A co-therapeutic regimen comprising AAV9-mediated intrathecal/intracisternal and/or systemic delivery of an expression cassette containing a hIDUA gene and two or more immunosuppressants is provided herein. Also provided are methods useful for treating hIDUA deficiency (MPSI) and the symptoms associated with Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes.

The present invention provides a composition which comprises the following Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor (TSHR) peptides: (i) all or part of the amino acid sequence KKKKYVSIDVTLQQLESHKKK (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a part thereof, or a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1; and (ii) all or part of the amino acid sequence GLKMFPDLTKVYSTD (SEQ ID NO: 2), or a part thereof, or a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2. The present invention also relates to the use of such a composition for the prevention or suppression of activating autoantibody formation in Graves' disease.