Gazelle Book Services Limited.
White Cross Mills, Hightown, LANCASTER LA1 4XS, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44(0)1524 68765
Fax: +44(0)1524 63232
Email: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
Web: www.gazellebooks.co.uk
| Title: | Gene Therapy & Cancer Research Progress
|
| Author: | Jessica L Lewis (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600218113 : 9781600218118 |
| Illustrations: | tables & colour photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 225 |
| Weight: | .518 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - July 2008 |
| List Price: | 57.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Medical research: Oncology: Medical genetics |
Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode instructions on how to make proteins. Although genes get a lot of attention, it's the proteins that perform most life functions and even make up the majority of cellular structures. When genes are altered so that the encoded proteins are unable to carry out their normal functions, genetic disorders can result. Gene therapy is an experimental treatment that involves introducing genetic material into a person's cells to fight disease. Gene therapy is being studied in clinical trials for many different types of cancer and for numerous other diseases. This book presents the latest research in the field from around the world.
Preface; Expert commentaries; C/EBPB gene -- a possible candidate for anti-cancer gene therapy drug; New targets of cancer therapy; Research and review studies; Progress in gene therapy research; Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy -- advances in transduction efficiency and in vivo selection; Murine air pouch model of inflammation to evaluate orthopaedic wear debris associated inflammation and potential inhibitory cytokine gene therapy; Ex vivo gene therapy in autologous bone marrow stromal stem cells for tissue-engineered craniomaxillofacial bone regeneration; Index.
