therapie genique: actualites et perspectives

ABSTRACT

Gene therapy revolutionizes medicine by treating the causes of disease rather than the symptoms. This type of medicine would involve a therapeutic gene administered and a delivery system adapted to the targeted pharmaceutical objective. Although originally considered only as a treatment for inherited single-gene defects, gene therapy has also found applications in acquired illness, such as cardiovascular diseases. Finally gene therapy requires stringent evaluation to see that it lives up to its enormous potential