Ark, Troubled Waters, and Rainbows for Gene Transfer
This morning I awoke to a news report by National Public Radio's Joe Palca on promising developments in gene transfer. In it, Palca provided a good account of the field's travails, as well as some...
View ArticleIcarus, again: Adversity in another Gene Transfer Trial
Two weeks ago brought good news and bad news for gene transfer. First the good news. New England Journal of Medicine beatified a new gene transfer strategy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS). WAS is a...
View ArticleMore Gray Matter: Parkinson’s Disease and Gene Transfer
Several groups are pursuing gene transfer strategies against Parkinson's disease. No small task, because for these approaches to work, investigators have to deliver vectors deep inside the brain using...
View ArticleAnnus Mirabilis for Gene Transfer
Time to review the year 2009 for cutting edge clinical research. For the field of gene transfer, it has been an annus mirabilis: a year that has seen very encouraging results in a wide variety of human...
View ArticleArk, Troubled Waters, and Rainbows for Gene Transfer
This morning I awoke to a news report by National Public Radio's Joe Palca on promising developments in gene transfer. In it, Palca provided a good account of the field's travails, as well as some...
View ArticleIcarus, again: Adversity in another Gene Transfer Trial
Two weeks ago brought good news and bad news for gene transfer. First the good news. New England Journal of Medicine beatified a new gene transfer strategy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS). WAS is a...
View ArticleMore Gray Matter: Parkinson’s Disease and Gene Transfer
Several groups are pursuing gene transfer strategies against Parkinson's disease. No small task, because for these approaches to work, investigators have to deliver vectors deep inside the brain using...
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