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Required Reading/Viewing

We will concentrate on gene therapy for two diseases: SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and cystic fibrosis.

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.

Additional Resources

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