title: The need to introduce gene therapy to the dental curriculum.
abstract: Recombinant DNA technology is finding its way into many aspects of clinical medicine. No application currently is more dramatic than gene therapy. Proofs of principle have already been established for gene therapy targeted to oral tissues, and more are likely to be demonstrated in the near future. The dental curriculum must begin to include the biological basis of DNA-based therapies and other related biomedical science progress.
authors.affiliation: Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. bruce_j_baum@nih.gov
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*