The new healers : the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century / William R. Clark.
- Clark, William R., 1938-
- Date:
- 1997
- Books
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Publication/Creation
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Physical description
ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-236) and index
Contents
In the beginning: the discovery of genes -- Cystic fibrosis -- DNA and the language of genes -- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease -- The isolation, cloning, and transfer of human genes -- The journey begins: the clinical trials for ADA-SCID -- The clinical trials for cystic fibrosis -- Gene therapy for monogenic disorders: what have we learned, and where are we going? -- Gene therapy for cancer -- Molecular medicine and AIDS -- Naked DNA: the vaccine of the future -- The human genome project -- The ethics of molecular medicine.
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Location Status Access Closed storesM1497
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ISBN
- 0195117301