Gene And Genetic Therapy: The Future Of Gene Therapy

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The book talks about how upcoming trends in gene and cell therapy is meant for those who look for the valuable thread that runs through the arena of gene therapy, cell therapy, and tissue engineering, yet found other sources too specialized to undertake it. This book focuses on arming basic clinicians and scientists with this valuable thread so that they are better situated to tackle the weakening diseases currently plaguing mankind. The authors argue that gene and cell therapies are promising policies for managing acquired and genetic illnesses. Currently, various ethical issues and biological barriers have restricted their clinical interpretation. This book is important in informing the audience on the currently position of gene therapy especially to experts who are trying to ensure that gene therapy becomes successful. Being successful involves it being …show more content…

The Future of Gene Therapy. Biotechnol Healthc. 2005 Jun; 2(3): 52-54, 56-60. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564347/ This article talks about both the history and potential future of gene therapy. The author claims that in its present expression, gene therapy is a well-designed theory plainly executed. That is not a criticism but rather it’s current position in an extremely complicated technology which is still in its formative years. After all, only five years have passed since the invention of gene therapy was persuasively confirmed to provide, if not a cure, then, long term therapeutic impact for X-linked severe joint immunodeficiency disease. This article gives an insight on the current trends on gene therapy because it offers critical analysis of gene therapy both at the beginning to the current state. It also explores the position of patients who underwent gene therapy so as to ascertain whether this therapy has been successful or not. This helps in establishing the reason why this mode of therapy has been gaining slower acceptance than it initially

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