Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology news interviews Taconic Biosciences' Dr. Adriano Flora on how "model providers can create a model of human disease to test the efficacy of the gene therapy in vivo":
"What do you do when you have a chronic or even crippling disease that you happened to get just because you inherited it? As little as three decades ago, you would have been stuck with the disease with no hope for a cure. Today, however, you might look forward to a new cure. The promise of fixing these genetic blunders of nature with one or a few treatments is close to becoming a reality.
Since it was conceptualized in the 1970s, gene therapy has had its ups and downs. In 1990, it was first used to treat a patient." Read the complete article at: Genengnews.com
"What do you do when you have a chronic or even crippling disease that you happened to get just because you inherited it? As little as three decades ago, you would have been stuck with the disease with no hope for a cure. Today, however, you might look forward to a new cure. The promise of fixing these genetic blunders of nature with one or a few treatments is close to becoming a reality.Since it was conceptualized in the 1970s, gene therapy has had its ups and downs. In 1990, it was first used to treat a patient."