http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2001/07/Supplements/A-Contemporary-Review-of-the-Gene-Therapy-and-its-Applications.aspxGenetics is to our generation what nuclear physics was to the last: only the atomic bomb is an appropriate analogy for the explosive implications of gene therapy. Gene therapy is increasingly used experimentally and clinically to replace defective genes and/or impart new functions to cells and tissues. With the recent advances in vector design and improvements in transgene and pro-drug activation strategies, gene therapy has been applied to a wide variety of diseases, tissues, and organ systems.Wednesday, 05 Sep 2001 19:59:41 GMT