Paul A Martin, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005653
Industry has invested heavily in gene therapy since the first clinical trial in 1989. Ethical debates, regulations and public expectations have had a major impact on its commercial development.
Keywords: gene therapy; biotechnology industry; public perception; clinical development; ethics
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| Further Reading | |
| book Lyon J and Gorner P (1996) Altered Fates: Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life. New York, NY: WW Norton. | |
| McCormick F (2001) Cancer gene therapy: fringe or cutting edge? Nature Reviews Cancer 1(2): 130–141. | |
| Scollay R (2001) Gene therapy: a brief overview of the past, present, and future. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 953: 26–30. [Also see series of other articles in the same volume.] | |
| Web Links | |
| ePath Journal of Gene Medicine. Provides profiles of leading gene therapy firms. http://www.wiley.co.uk/wileychi/genmed/companies/ | |
| ePath Human Genome Project Information. Introduction to Gene Therapy http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/genetherapy.html | |
| ePath National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Scope Note 24: Outline of the history of the main ethical debates. http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/scopenotes/sn24.html | |
| ePath Office of Biotechnology Activities. Recombinant DNA and Gene Transfer. Information on regulations and current developments. http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/Rdna.htm | |
| ePath National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Programs of Excellence in Gene Therapy. Links to leading research centres. http://med.cornell.edu/pegt/ | |
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