Molecular therapeutics : 21st-century medicine / by Pamela Greenwell, Michelle McCulley.

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, [2007], ©2007.

x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Copy 1 Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation -- Simple protein replacement therapy -- Recombinant protein production -- Recombinant vaccines -- Therapeutic antibodies and immunotherapy -- Transgenic animals -- Transplantation : a form of gene therapy -- Xenotransplantation -- Reproductive cloning -- Stem cell therapy -- Gene augmentation therapy -- Gene therapy trials for inherited diseases -- Gene silencing technologies -- Gene therapy for cancer -- Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and therapy -- Legislation, clinical trials and ethical issues.

Includes bibliographical references and index.