Curing disease through human gene therapy.(Pamphlet) From: Pamphlet by: National Heart, Lung, and BloodInstitute | Date: July 1, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Vision of Gene Therapy

Ever since they first learned the chemical nature of heredity, a few medical scientists have shared a dazzling vision: someday, faulty genes would be replaced to treat and cure disease. Today that dream is becoming reality. It is called gene therapy.

The first gene therapy patients are being treated at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Their treatment is the result of a notable collaboration between the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Molecular Hematology Branch, led by Dr. W. French Anderson(1) and ...

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