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OverviewThis is a landmark introduction to the facts and hopes of gene therapy: an exciting, albeit controversial, technique that could bring about a new age in medical treatment. Modern medicine has had relatively little to offer children with disorders such as thalassemia and severe combined immune deficiency. Many of these young patients still face repeated hospitalizations and, often, an early death. In gene therapy, a child with life-threatening genetic disease caused by a defect in a single gene will he treated with the gene's normal counterpart. Successful development of somatic cell gene therapy is potentially the most effective new therapeutic approach to helping these children lead normal lives. With unusual clarity of style, Eve K. Nichols (author of the acclaimed Mobilizing Against AIDS) explores the potential for gene therapy and identifies those who are candidates for it. She reviews methods for diagnosing genetic diseases and evaluates current forms of therapy. Having provided a biomedical background for understanding somatic cell gene therapy, Nichols takes a thoughtful look at complex and sensitive issues surrounding ethical, economic, and policy aspects of manipulating human genes. A straightforward analysis of the current limitations and future potential of gene therapy concludes her broadly accessible account. This book is is derived from the annual session of the prestigious Institute of Medicine. Distinguished participants in this meeting, such as Leon Rosenberg (Dean of the Yale Medical School), Philip Leder (Harvard Medical School), David Martin (Vice President, Genentech, Inc.), James Wyngaarden (Director of the National Institutes of Health), and LeRoy Walters (Director of the Center for Bioethics, Georgetown University), have contributed expert perspectives that will establish this book as a standard of excellence for future studies. A preface by Frank Press, President of the National Academy of Sciences, provides an insightful overview of this promising new therapy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eve K. NicholsPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780674414808ISBN 10: 0674414802 Pages: 251 Publication Date: 22 March 1988 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis well-written account of new developments in genetics research grew out of a session sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Science. It brings human gene therapy out of the category of science fiction into the potential reality of congenital disease prevention....Suggested readings at the end of each chapter and a glossary at the end of the book are helpful. A thoughtful discussion of ethical and economic issues, particularly the probable cost of experimental therapies, comprises the final chapter. Highly recommended. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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