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  • Gene therapy = treating disease by repairing genes /
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : Monograph/item
    Title/Author: Gene therapy/ Joseph Panno.
    Reminder of title: treating disease by repairing genes /
    Author: Panno, Joseph.
    Published: New York, NY :Facts On File, : c2005.,
    Description: xvii, 172 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
    Series: Facts on File science library
    [NT 15003449]: Genetic disorders -- Immune deficiencies -- Breast cancer -- Colon cancer -- Melanoma -- Cystic fibrosis -- Hemophilia -- Liver disease -- Cardiovascular disease -- Muscular dystrophy -- Alzheimer's disease -- Parkinson's disease -- Huntington's disease -- Viruses: the cornerstone of gene therapy -- Viruses are living crystals -- Viral genomes may be RNA or DNA -- Viruses evolved from plasmids -- Viruses know how to infect cells -- The virus as a gene vehicle -- Viruses used in gene therapy -- Ashi DeSilva: a promising start -- Clinical trials defined -- Cells of the immune system -- Adenosine deaminase (ADA) -- Preliminary research -- Clinical procedure for ADA gene therapy -- The DeSilva clinical trial -- Jesse Gelsinger: down to earth -- Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) -- Preliminary research -- Clinical procedure for OTC gene therapy -- The Gelsinger clinical trial -- The investigation -- Concluding remarks -- Future prospects -- Safer vehicles -- Reducing immune rejection of the vector -- Improved risk assessment -- Redesigning human anatomy and physiology -- Ethics of gene therapy -- The Belmont report -- Clinical trials -- Physiological enhancement -- Cosmetic applications -- Legal issues -- Regulatory agencies -- The Gelsinger legal trial -- International regulation -- Resource center -- Eucaryote cell primer -- Recombinant DNA primer -- The human genome project -- X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) -- Alzheimer's disease (AD) -- Huntington's disease (HD).
    Subject: Gene therapy. -
    Online resource: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=139888An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
    ISBN: 0816067341 (electronic bk.)
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