Lentiviral Vectors and Gene Therapy

• Main Authors: Escors, David (Author), Breckpot, Karine (Author), Arce, Frederick (Author), Kochan, Grazyna (Author), Stephenson, Holly (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene therapy.; Immunology.; Genetic engineering.; Oncology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Gene Therapy.; Genetic Engineering.; Cell Biology.

Gene therapy was conceived during the early and mid part of the 20th century. At first, it was considered a revolutionary biomedical procedure, which could potentially cure any disease for which the molecular bases were understood. Since then, gene therapy has gone through many stages and has evolve...