He is the Director of the Gene Therapy Laboratories and Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics at USC School of Medicine, and a full member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Anderson's research is focused on developing advance gene therapy delivery systems. He headed the team that carried out the first approved human gene therapy clinical protocol, and is recognized as a leading ethicist in the field of human genetic engineering.
Gene therapy is predicted to be the fourth revolution in medicine.
The first was clean water and sewage disposal. The second was surgery with anesthesia. A weak gene, not a defective gene is basically what causes diseases. We can't all have genes that are perfect for every environment that we might be in. Our genes are inherited from our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on.