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Gene therapy treating disease by repairing genes

Joseph Panno

New York, NY Facts On File c2005

Localização: FM - Fac. Medicina    (QU58.5 P22g 2005 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Gene therapy treating disease by repairing genes
  • Autor: Joseph Panno
  • Assuntos: Gene therapy; GENES (TERAPIA); Gene Therapy
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) and index
  • Descrição: Conteúdo: 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).
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:Facts on File science library Panno, Joseph
  • Editor: New York, NY Facts On File
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2005
  • Formato: xvii, 172 p. ill. 23 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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