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==== [[Media:Gene_Therapy_Pre-Discussion_Questions.pdf| Download Pre-Discussion Questions (PDF)]] ====
 
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== Required Reading/Viewing ==
 
== Required Reading/Viewing ==
  
We will concentrate on gene therapy for two diseases: SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and cystic fibrosis.
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We will concentrate on gene therapy for two diseases: SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD).
  
 
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Revision as of 18:51, 21 October 2013

Download Pre-Discussion Questions (PDF)

Glybera (Alipogene tiparvovec) gene therapy

Required Reading/Viewing

We will concentrate on gene therapy for two diseases: SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD).

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  1. Zimmer. Gene Therapy Emerged from Disgrace to Be the Next Big Thing, Again. Wired Science Blogs. August 13, 2013. [Carl]
    Read article at wired.com.
  2. Gene Therapy: Molecular Bandage? Educational website at the University of Utah. [Bandage2013]
    Especially, check out the "Tools of the Trade" and "Space Doctor" links.
  3. Error fetching PMID 18688285: [Hacein2008]
    Study characterizing genomes SCID patients who developed Leukemia after successful gene therapy.
  4. Error fetching PMID 21443272: [Griesenbach2011]
    Review of development of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis over the last ~20 years.
All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed

Additional Resources

  1. Cystic fibrosis foundation
  2. Glybera - commercial gene therapy product available in Europe.