Gene therapy.(Health and medical issues today )(Brief article)(Book review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: December 1, 2007 | Copyright information

9780313337604

Gene therapy.

Kelly, Evelyn B.

Greenwood Press

2007

198 pages

$45.00

Hardcover

Health and medical issues today

RB155

As in the Stem Cells volume in this series, a writer specializing in health and environmental topics seeks to clear up public misconceptions of another promising but controversial advance in medicine. Kelly offers an ...

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