Musings
Musings on genome medicine: gene therapy
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* Corresponding author: David G Nathan david_nathan@dfci.harvard.edu
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Genome Med 2009, 1:38 doi:10.1186/gm38
Published: 3 April 2009Abstract
Though the field has moved with glacial speed, gene therapies have been carried out successfully in patients with bone marrow disorders including immune deficiencies. The field may be poised to move forward more rapidly, but many barriers have yet to be surmounted.