Molecular therapeutics : 21st-century medicine / by Pamela Greenwell, Michelle McCulley.
Publication details: Chichester, England : J. Wiley, c2007.Description: x, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780470019160 (hbk.)
- 0470019166 (hbk.)
- 616.042 GRE
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation -- Simple protein replacement therapy -- Recombinant protein production -- Recombinant vaccines -- Therapeutic antibodies and immunotherapy -- Transgenic animals -- Transplantation : a form of gene therapy -- Xenotransplantation -- Reproductive cloning -- Stem cell therapy -- Gene augmentation therapy -- Gene therapy trials for inherited diseases -- Gene silencing technologies -- Gene therapy for cancer -- Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and therapy -- Legislation, clinical trials and ethical issues.