Methods and compositions disclosed herein generally relates to methods of determining minimum hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) chimerism and gene dosage for correction of a hematopoietic disease in particular, in in vivo models. The invention also relates to modified lentiviral expression vectors for increasing a viral titer and various methods for increasing such titers as well as expression vectors capable of enhancing such titers. The invention also relates to CHS4 chromatin insulator-derived functional insulator sequences. The invention also relates to methods for genetic correction of diseases or reducing symptoms thereof, such as sickle cell anemia or β-thalassemia.
