Human Gene Therapy

by Eve K. Nichols and Institute of Medicine

This is a landmark introduction to the facts and hopes of gene therapy: an exciting, albeit controversial, technique that could bring about a new age in medical treatment. Modern medicine has had relatively little to offer children with disorders such as thalassemia and severe combined immune deficiency. Many of these young patients still face repeated hospitalizations and, often, an early death. In gene therapy, a child with life-threatening genetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674414802
• ISBN13: 9780674414808
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"