Includes two pages on gene therapy and related developments , a glossary , and an elegant animated Gene Therapy Primer on how viruses are used to introduce therapeutic genes to target cells. The DNA Files A spinoff website from the autumn 1998 National Public Radio program, with John Hockenberry. Includes a fairly comprehensive directory of on-line Genetics Resources . Introduction to Gene Therapy Information presented in a course at Vanderbilt in the spring of 1996. The Genetics Revolution Articles in Time magazine, 1998-99, about developments in genetic medicine.
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Article by Alan E Smith of Genzyme Corporation, in The Lancet Interactive , July 1999. Medicine and the New Genetics Information and links gathered as part of the Human Genome Project , with a section on Gene Therapy . Most Ills Are a Matter of More Than One Gene Article in the New York Times, while focussing on mental illness, implicitly considers problems facing gene therapy with respect to many other illnesses. Gene Therapy Clinical Trials Information about clinical trials in gene therapy, including a database of individual trials and summaries of published results, provided by the Wiley Journal of Gene Medicine . CenterWatch Has an overview of the general process of 'clinical trials' and information on specific trials, some of which involve human gene therapy.