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Gene therapy, Clay Farris Naff, book editor

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Gene therapy

bibliography

Clay Farris Naff, book editor

Exploring science and medical discoveries

Understanding and manipulating genes : Understanding heredity -- From the discovery of genes to the mapping of genomes -- Discovering the structure of DNA -- An introduction to gene therapy -- The road to success : The first human gene therapy trial -- The first genuine success -- Injecting genes to curb prostate cancer -- Swapping out bad genes to prevent mitochondrial disease -- Helping children born without immunity -- Treating deafness with gene therapy -- A new tactic to fight Parkinson's disease -- Hope for victims with Lou Gehrig's disease -- Gene therapy immortality -- The road turns bumpy : Gene therapy research : juggling business and science -- A gene therapy trial ends in death and scandal -- When gene therapy kills : a father's grief -- Unreliable viruses stall gene therapy research -- Improving the safety of gene therapy trials -- Some gene therapy trials resume while others remain frozen -- A heart treatment revives hopes for gene therapy -- The ethics of gene therapy : Ethical issues surrounding gene therapy -- A legal perspective on genetic ethics -- Playing God: genes and theology -- Gene therapy's threat to equality -- Gene therapy's contribution toward equality