Advances in Genetics
Contributors: Jeffrey C. Hall (Editor); Jay C. Dunlap (Editor); Theodore Friedmann (Editor); Francesco Giannelli (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: May 15, 1995
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780120176328
First sentence: The initial clinical trials of somatic gene therapy began in 1989 after several decades of debate concerning the biological, ethical, and social implications of genetic engineering (Nirenberg, 1967; Anderson and Fletcher, 1980; Fletcher, 1990; Friedmann and Roblin, 1972; Nelson, 1990; Walters, 1986; Murray, 1990; Miller, 1990, 1992; OTA, 1984; Surgeon General, 1983; Friedmann, 1983; Anderson, 1992; Ledley, 1991).