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- Title
New method to repair faulty genes stirs interest in chimeraplasty technique.
- Authors
Stephenson, Joan; Stephenson, J
- Abstract
Reports that scientists have developed a technique for correcting tiny but potentially devastating errors in mutant genes. Hopes that they will someday provide a strategy for treating genetic disorders; Details on the approach known a chimeraplasty or targeted gene correction; Comments by Dr. R. Michael Blaese on the advantages of the approach over viral vectors; Research conducted by Drs. Kyonggeun Yoon and Vitali Alexeev; Possible limitations of chimeraplasty's potential.
- Subjects
GENETIC mutation; GENETIC disorder treatment; MOSAICISM; GENETICISTS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, Vol 281, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.281.2.119