Gene therapy - promises, problems and prospects

被引:1432
作者
Verma, IM
Somia, N
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[1] Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Inst. for Biological Studies, San Diago
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10.1038/38410
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In principle, gene therapy is simple: putting corrective genetic material into cells alleviates the symptoms of disease. In practice, considerable obstacles have emerged. But, thanks to better delivery systems, there is hope that the technique will succeed.
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