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Oral administration of an adeno-associated virus vector that encodes the enzyme ß-galactosidase effectively reverses lactose intolerance in rats (pages 1131–1135).
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Alton, E., Griesenbach, U. & Geddes, D. Milking gene therapy. Nat Med 4, 1121–1122 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/2616
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