Kurztext

Recent breakthroughs in medical science have shown that many diseases have a genetic component, or complex genetic factors which may predispose a person to higher risk of illness. Attention now focuses on understanding the genetic basis of disease with the ultimate goal of developing therapies which can alter or replace disease causing genes.

Undoubtedly gene therapy will have an enormous impact on healthcare in the future.

Written by a team of experts from a variety of disciplines, and prestigious institutions in Europe and the US, Gene Therapy considers in general terms the genetic basis of disease and gene therapies. It also concentrates in detail on specific genetic illnesses such as AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and their treatment.

192 p.
soft cover

Deutscher Apotheker Verlag

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