Somatic Gene Therapy

By Patricia L. Chang

As human gene therapy becomes a clinical reality, a new era in medicine dawns. Novel and innovative developments in molecular genetics now provide opportunities to treat the genetic bases of diseases often untreatable before. Somatic Gene Therapy documents these historical clinical trials, reviews current advances in the field, evaluates the use of the many different cell types and organs amenable to gene transfer, and examines the prospects of various exciting strategies for gene therapy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849324408
• ISBN13: 9780849324406
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 6.3"