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The Origin and Development of Genetic Therapies: From Magic and Superstition to Molecular Genetics and the Human Genome - Softcover

Friedmann, Theodore

 
9780197689974: The Origin and Development of Genetic Therapies: From Magic and Superstition to Molecular Genetics and the Human Genome

Synopsis

Chronicles the origins and early developmental history of the new medical field of gene therapy. Friedmann examines the early failures and increasingly promising clinical "successes" for this new approach to cure genetic disease.

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About the Author

Theodore Friedmann completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania, and clinical training in Pediatrics at the Boston Children's Hospital. He was awarded postdoctoral fellowships at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the Salk Institute. In 1971, he joined the pediatric faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where he is currently affiliated as Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics.

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