Molecular therapeutics
Subtitle: 21st-century medicine
By: by Pamela Greenwell, Michelle McCulley.
Contributors: McCulley, Michelle.
Publisher: J. Wiley
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780470019160; 9780470019177
Subjects: Gene therapy.; Molecular genetics.; Gene Therapy -- Popular Works.; Gene Therapy -- ethics -- Popular Works.; Gene Transfer Techniques -- Popular Works.; Molecular Biology -- Popular Works.
Genres: Popular Works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation; value: Simple protein replacement therapy; value: Recombinant protein production; value: Recombinant vaccines; value: Therapeutic antibodies and immunotherapy; value: Transgenic animals; value: Transplantation : a form of gene therapy; value: Xenotransplantation; value: Reproductive cloning; value: Stem cell therapy; value: Gene augmentation therapy; value: Gene therapy trials for inherited diseases; value: Gene silencing technologies; value: Gene therapy for cancer; value: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and therapy; value: Legislation, clinical trials and ethical issues.