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Provedor de dados: | 74
País: | Brazil
Título: | A snapshot of gene therapy in Latin America
Autores: | Linden,Rafael; Matte,Ursula.
Data: | 2014-01-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Gene delivery; Viral vector; South America.
Resumo: | Gene therapy attempts the insertion and expression of exogenous genetic material in cells for therapeutic purposes. Conceived in the 1960s, gene therapy reached its first clinical trial at the end of the 1980s and by December 2013 around 600 genuine open clinical trials of gene therapy were registered at NIH Clinical Trials Database. Here, we summarize the current efforts towards the development of gene therapy in Latin America. Our survey shows that the number of scientists involved in the development of gene therapy and DNA vaccines in Latin America is still very low. Higher levels of investment in this technology are necessary to boost the advancement of innovation and intellectual property in this field in a way that would ease both the social and financial burden of various medical conditions in Latin America.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000200015
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Relação: | 10.1590/S1415-47572014000200015
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Genetics and Molecular Biology  v.37 n.1 suppl.1 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess