Lentiviral Vectors and Gene Therapy

by David Escors, Karine Breckpot, Frederick Arce, et al.

Book Overview

Gene therapy was conceived during the early and mid part of the 20th century. At first, it was considered a revolutionary biomedical procedure, which could potentially cure any disease for which the molecular bases were understood. Since then, gene therapy has gone through many stages and has evolved from a nearly unrealistic perspective to a real life application. Clinical efficacy in humans was demonstrated at the beginning of this century after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034804016
• ISBN13: 9783034804011
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"