The new healers
Subtitle: the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century
By: William R. Clark.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780195130843; 9780195117301
Subjects: Gene therapy -- Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-236) and index.
Hardcover - 1997
Paperback - 1999
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: In the beginning : the discovery of genes; title: Cystic fibrosis; title: DNA and the language of genes; title: Severe combined immunodeficiency disease; title: The isolation, cloning, and transfer of human genes; title: The journey begins : the clinical trials for ADA-SCID; title: The clinical trials for cystic fibrosis; title: Gene therapy for monogenic disorders : what have we learned, and where are we going?; title: Gene therapy for cancer; title: Molecular medicine and AIDS; title: Naked DNA : the vaccine of the future; title: The Human Genome Project; title: The ethics of molecular medicine; title: Further reading; title: Glossary