Gene therapy
Subtitle: treating disease by repairing genes
By: Joseph Panno
Contributors: NetLibrary, Inc
Series: Facts on File science library; "new biology" series
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Gene Therapy; Gene therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Genetic disorders; title: Immune deficiencies; title: Breast cancer; title: Colon cancer; title: Melanoma; title: Cystic fibrosis; title: Hemophilia; title: Liver disease; title: Cardiovascular disease; title: Muscular dystrophy; title: Alzheimer's disease; title: Parkinson's disease; title: Huntington's disease; title: Viruses: the cornerstone of gene therapy; title: Viruses are living crystals; title: Viral genomes may be RNA or DNA; title: Viruses evolved from plasmids; title: Viruses know how to infect cells; title: The virus as a gene vehicle; title: Viruses used in gene therapy; title: Ashi DeSilva: a promising start; title: Clinical trials defined; title: Cells of the immune system; title: Adenosine deaminase (ADA); title: Preliminary research; title: Clinical procedure for ADA gene therapy; title: The DeSilva clinical trial; title: Jesse Gelsinger: down to earth; title: Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC); title: Preliminary research; title: Clinical procedure for OTC gene therapy; title: The Gelsinger clinical trial; title: The investigation; title: Concluding remarks; title: Future prospects; title: Safer vehicles; title: Reducing immune rejection of the vector; title: Improved risk assessment; title: Redesigning human anatomy and physiology; title: Ethics of gene therapy; title: The Belmont report; title: Clinical trials; title: Physiological enhancement; title: Cosmetic applications; title: Legal issues; title: Regulatory agencies; title: The Gelsinger legal trial; title: International regulation; title: Resource center; title: Eucaryote cell primer; title: Recombinant DNA primer; title: The human genome project; title: X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1); title: Alzheimer's disease (AD); title: Huntington's disease (HD).