The new healers : the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century / William R. Clark.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.

In the beginning: the discovery of genes -- Cystic fibrosis -- DNA and the language of genes -- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease -- The isolation, cloning, and transfer of human genes -- The journey begins: the clinical trials for ADA-SCID -- The clinical trials for cystic fibrosis -- Gene therapy for monogenic disorders: what have we learned, and where are we going? -- Gene therapy for cancer -- Molecular medicine and AIDS -- Naked DNA: the vaccine of the future -- The human genome project -- The ethics of molecular medicine.

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Science and medicine have provided us with clues to the treatment of a few genetic diseases, although by their very nature they have never been considered curable. But, as William R. Clark shows, that is about to change through one of the most profound revolutions in modern medicine: gene therapy, a branch of the new field of molecular medicine. Clark takes us to the laboratories which have been able to isolate human genes, to make billions of copies of them, and to reintroduce healthy genes into unfortunate individuals who have inherited damaged or functionless genes. The New Healers outlines.

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