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Gene therapy / Evelyn B. Kelly.

By: Kelly, Evelyn B.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Health and medical issues today. Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.Description: x, 198 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780313337604 (alk. paper); 0313337608 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Gene therapy | Gene therapy -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 616/.042 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Series foreword -- Preface -- Section 1 : Scientific background of gene therapy -- Gene therapy : a treatment for altered genes -- Medical and scientific issues in gene therapy -- Discoveries leading to gene therapy -- Successes and setbacks in the 1990s -- Single-gene recessive disorders -- Single-gene traits : dominant disorders -- X-linked disorders -- Multigene and traits influenced by environment -- Section 2 : Ethics and regulations -- Ethics issues and gene therapy -- Regulatory actions in the United States -- Gene therapy in other countries -- Social and religious issues -- future of gene therapy -- Section 3 : References and resources -- Annotated primary source documents -- Timeline for the advance of gene therapy -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.

Series foreword -- Preface -- Section 1 : Scientific background of gene therapy -- 1. Gene therapy : a treatment for altered genes -- 2. Medical and scientific issues in gene therapy -- 3. Discoveries leading to gene therapy -- 4. Successes and setbacks in the 1990s -- 5. Single-gene recessive disorders -- 6. Single-gene traits : dominant disorders -- 7. X-linked disorders -- 8. Multigene and traits influenced by environment -- Section 2 : Ethics and regulations -- 9. Ethics issues and gene therapy -- 10. Regulatory actions in the United States -- 11. Gene therapy in other countries -- 12. Social and religious issues -- 13. The future of gene therapy -- Section 3 : References and resources -- A. Annotated primary source documents -- B. Timeline for the advance of gene therapy -- C. Further reading -- D. Glossary -- Index.

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