Nowhere to hide for faulty genes

• Autores: Linda Geddes
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2941, 2013, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Geddes discusses gene therapy. After years of setbacks, gene therapy is back on track. SCID was the first condition to be treated with gene therapy more than 20 years ago. A virus was used to replace a faulty gene with a healthy one. But in subsequent trials, four young patients were diagnosed with leukemia two years after receiving a similar treatment. An 18-year-old also died following a reaction to a virus used in gene therapy for a liver condition. It was the start of a rocky road of gene therapy.