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Greenwell, Pamela.

Molecular therapeutics : 21st-century medicine / by Pamela Greenwell, Michelle McCulley. - Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2007. - x, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation -- Simple protein replacement therapy -- Recombinant protein production -- Recombinant vaccines -- Therapeutic antibodies and immunotherapy -- Transgenic animals -- Transplantation : a form of gene therapy -- Xenotransplantation -- Reproductive cloning -- Stem cell therapy -- Gene augmentation therapy -- Gene therapy trials for inherited diseases -- Gene silencing technologies -- Gene therapy for cancer -- Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and therapy -- Legislation, clinical trials and ethical issues.

ISBN: 9780470019160 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0470019166 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780470019177 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0470019174 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gene therapy.
Molecular genetics.
Gene Therapy--Popular Works.
Gene Therapy--ethics--Popular Works.
Gene Transfer Techniques--Popular Works.
Molecular Biology--Popular Works.

LC Class. No.: RB155.8

Dewey Class. No.: 616.042 / G76