HUMAN GENE THERAPY: At What Cost Progress?
The death of an 18-year-old man in a University of Pennsylvania gene therapy experiment has called the entire enterprise into question. Have human trials proceeded too rapidly? Are sufficient safeguards in place? California Healthline columnist Jeff Stryker looks for the therapy in gene therapy.
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