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Description
Gene therapy offers considerable potential for the treatment of various incurable diseases of the nervous system. This volume describes a number of different viral vectors developed for achieving high efficiency gene delivery to the brain. Vectors described include those based on adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, lentivirus, and other retroviruses. It also discusses the potential application of such viruses in treating brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, and other diseases of the nervous system.
Key Features
* Provides up-to-date account of gene therapy approaches for incurable neurological disorders
* Describes a range of gene delivery methods based on different viruses
Readership
Neuroscientists, neurologists, virologists, and geneticists.
Table of Contents
Section A:
Virus Vectors for Use in the Nervous System
Section B:
Gene Therapy with Virus Vectors for Specific Disease of the Nervous System
Details
- No. of pages:
- 329
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © 2003
- Published:
- 22nd August 2003
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080918914
- Print ISBN:
- 9780123668561
About the editor
David Latchman
Affiliations and Expertise
Master of Birkbeck, University of London, Professor of Genetics, Birkbeck and University College London, UK
Reviews
Gene therapy offers considerable potential for the treatment of various incurable diseases of the nervous system. This volume describes a number of different viral vectors developed for achieving high efficiency gene delivery to the brain. Vectors described include those based on adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, lentivirus, and other retroviruses. It also discusses the potential application of such viruses in treating brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, and other diseases of the nervous system.