Ancient Technology Activation gene therapy

"All I need to know is that that will enable me to use Ancient technology like Major Sheppard."

- Rodney Mckay

Ancient gene therapy is a procedure developed by Dr. Carson Beckett in which a human without the ATA gene can receive a retrovirus which allows them to use Ancient technology. The project was underway months before Beckett took his research with him into the Pegasus galaxy.

In the therapy, a mouse retrovirus is used to deliver the missing gene directly to the cells. This permits the user to initiate Ancient technology and run more sensitive equipment, such as a Puddle Jumper.

Starting in 2004, the Atlantis Expedition began to employ the in vivo retroviral gene therapy to transfer the Ancient gene expression to humans. However, only about a 47-48% of those who undergo the procedure are rewarded with the ATA gene, and even then it is not always permanent.

Carriers Treated with Gene Therapy

 * Dr. Rodney McKay
 * Col. Dillon Everett
 * Some of Col. Everett's troops
 * Lt. Morrison