title: Gene therapy.
abstract: In recent years, there have been a number of technological breakthroughs that have allowed for clinical trials in gene therapy to be initiated. In combination with the genome initiative, the potential for new therapeutics is limitless. Although an enormous amount of information has been obtained in a relatively short period of time, gene therapy is not yet ready for wide-scale practice. Some of the successes and obstacles that remain are summarized in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. mkay@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hoogerbrugge
mesh_terms: D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008081:Liposomes; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes