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Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest <br />
controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the <br />
space to provide detailed background on the issues. Websites and weblogs provide <br />
information from activists and partisans intent on presenting their side of a <br />
story. But where can students - or even ordinary citizens - go to obtain <br />
unbiased, detailed background on the medical issues affecting their daily lives? <br />
This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides readers and <br />
researchers a balanced, in-depth introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, <br />
and cultural issues surrounding gene therapy and its import in today's world of <br />
healthcare.<br />
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Table Contents<br />
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Series Foreword vii<br />
Preface ix<br />
Section One Scientific Background of Gene Therapy<br />
1 Gene Therapy: A Treatment for Altered Genes 3<br />
2 Medical and Scientific Issues in Gene Therapy 13<br />
3 Discoveries Leading to Gene Therapy 25<br />
4 Successes and Setbacks in the 1990s 35<br />
5 Single-Gene Recessive Disorders 43<br />
6 Single-Gene Traits: Dominant Disorders 55<br />
7 X-Linked Disorders 63<br />
8 Multigene and Traits Influenced by the Environment 73<br />
Section Two Ethics and Regulations<br />
9 Ethics Issues and Gene Therapy 91<br />
10 Regulatory Actions in the United States 97<br />
11 Gene Therapy in Other Countries 105<br />
12 Social and Religious Issues 111<br />
13 The Future of Gene Therapy 119<br />
Section Three References and Resources<br />
A Annotated Primary Source Documents 129<br />
B Timeline for the Advance of Gene Therapy 181<br />
C Further Reading 187<br />
D Glossary 193<br />
Index 197<br />
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Product Details<br />
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* ISBN: 0313337608<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780313337604<br />
* Format: Hardcover, 216pp<br />
* Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated<br />
* Pub. Date: July 2007<br />
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