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Gene Therapy: Molecular Medicine of the 1990s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Nelson A. Wivel
Affiliation:
U.S. National Institutes of Health

Abstract

In less than four years, the techniques of gene transfer have been taken from the laboratory and translated into numerous clinical trials. Although gene therapy was initially designed for the molecular repair of monogenic deficiency diseases, most of the current studies of gene therapy are targeting cancer.

Type
Special Section: Genetic Technology
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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