METHOD FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING A HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION OR A HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION BY ADMINISTRATION OF SUICIDE GENE-MODIFIED LYMPHOCYTES

摘要

The present invention relates to the prevention of liver graft infection by HCV and/or HBV in a patient infected by HCV and/or HBV in need of liver transplantation, and to the treatment of a patient chronically infected by HCV and/or HBV. More specifically, this invention relates to allogeneic lymphocytes expressing a "suicide gene" to prevent infection by HCV and/or HBV of a liver graft and to treat a patient chronically infected by HCV and/or HBV. The invention also concerns a lymphocyte bank comprising a plurality of allogeneic lymphocytes expressing a "suicide gene".