The new healers : the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century /

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Science and medicine have provided us with clues to the treatment of a few genetic diseases, although by their very nature they have never been considered curable. But, as William R. Clark shows, that is about to change through one of the most profound revolutions in modern medicine: gene therapy, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, William R., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999, ©1997.
Edición:1st pbk. ed. 1999.
Temas:
Gene therapy > Popular works.
Thérapie génique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
Gene therapy
Popular works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning: the discovery of genes
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • DNA and the language of genes
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
  • The isolation, cloning, and transfer of human genes
  • The journey begins: the clinical trials for ADA-SCID
  • The clinical trials for cystic fibrosis
  • Gene therapy for monogenic disorders: what have we learned, and where are we going?
  • Gene therapy for cancer
  • Molecular medicine and AIDS
  • Naked DNA: the vaccine of the future
  • The human genome project
  • The ethics of molecular medicine.

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