Gene Therapy

Gene therapy replaces faulty genes with healthy versions. Therapeutic gene therapy is still in its infancy, but has the potential to revolutionise treatment for many genetic diseases.

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Reviewed January 2008

 

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Title:   Gene therapy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Genetic faults can directly cause a wide range of disorders such as cystic fibrosis and haemophilia, and may be involved in susceptibility to some cancers. Gene therapy is an experimental form of treatment that works by replacing a faulty disease-causing gene with a healthy version.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Guidelines for ethical review of research proposals for human somatic cell gene therapy and related therapies
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide guidance to Human Research Ethics Committees that are asked to review and approve research proposals involving somatic cell gene therapy, and to assist researchers to prepare their submissions for ethical review.
Date:   Nov 1999
Title:   Topical cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene replacement for cystic fibrosis-related lung disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We found three trials with 155 participants to include in this review. The trials compare gene therapy to placebo nebulised to the lungs. The trials were of different designs and used different agents. This meant we could not combine them all in a meta-...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Genes - not the kind you wear!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   What are genes? How embarrassing is it when you haven't seen a friend of the family or a relative for a while, and they say things like 'he looks just like his father!' Why would they say stuff like that? Because your genes, the instructions for making you, come from your mum and her family and your dad and his family
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Genes
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When people first see a new baby they seem to play a game called 'who does she look like?' - because a baby inherits bits from both mum and dad. These bits come from something called genes.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Human genetics and genetic technologies
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Nationally and internationally advances in genetic research and genetic testing are ongoing. Information on ethical aspects of genetic research and genetic testing including privacy and confidentiality, are provided.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   The Gene Therapy Research Unit
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   A joint initiative of The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Children's Medical Research Institute. This strategic partnership has allowed the development of a robust and successful scientific research and development program that is rapidly progressing from the laboratory bench to the patient bedside.
Date:   Jul 2000
Title:   2025: a health odyssey
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The outlook for the next 25 years is positive with revolutionary developments in medical research expected to offer insights into human disease.
Date:   Mar 2001
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