“…It has been extensively demonstrated that rAAV can successfully infect and transduce a broad variety of cell and tissue types, such as brain, liver, muscle, etc [During, MJ et al, 1998;Song, S et al, 1998;Ye, X et al, 1999;Acland, GM et al, 2001; and has the ability to infect both dividing and quiescent cells [Lewis, PF and Emerman, M. 1994;Alexander, IE et al, 1996]. Not only can rAAV infect a broad spectrum of cell types, long term gene expression greater than 1.5 years has also been demonstrated in animal models including canine, murine and hamster [McCown, TJ et al, 1996;Monahan, PE et al, 1998;Herzog, RW et al, 1999;Snyder, RO et al, 1999;Cottard, V et al, 2000;Song, S et al, 2001;Asfour, B et al, 2002;Li. J et al, 2003].…”