Book contents
- Fetal Therapy
- Fetal Therapy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Section 1: General Principles
- Section 2: Fetal Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment
- Red Cell Alloimmunization
- Structural Heart Disease in the Fetus
- Fetal Dysrhythmias
- Manipulation of Fetal Amniotic Fluid Volume
- Fetal Infections
- Fetal Growth and Well-being
- Preterm Birth of the Singleton and Multiple Pregnancy
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Fetal Growth Restriction in Monochorionic Twins
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Multifetal Reduction in Multiple Pregnancy
- Fetal Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Pleural Effusion and Pulmonary Pathology
- Surgical Correction of Neural Tube Anomalies
- Fetal Tumors
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation
- Gene Therapy
- Chapter 52 Gene Therapy: Principles and Clinical Potential
- Section III: The Future
- Index
- References
Chapter 52 - Gene Therapy: Principles and Clinical Potential
from Gene Therapy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2019
- Fetal Therapy
- Fetal Therapy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Section 1: General Principles
- Section 2: Fetal Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment
- Red Cell Alloimmunization
- Structural Heart Disease in the Fetus
- Fetal Dysrhythmias
- Manipulation of Fetal Amniotic Fluid Volume
- Fetal Infections
- Fetal Growth and Well-being
- Preterm Birth of the Singleton and Multiple Pregnancy
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Fetal Growth Restriction in Monochorionic Twins
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence
- Complications of Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancy: Multifetal Reduction in Multiple Pregnancy
- Fetal Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Pleural Effusion and Pulmonary Pathology
- Surgical Correction of Neural Tube Anomalies
- Fetal Tumors
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation
- Gene Therapy
- Chapter 52 Gene Therapy: Principles and Clinical Potential
- Section III: The Future
- Index
- References
Summary
Gene therapy uses a vector to deliver a gene to its required site, where expression of the protein can produce a therapeutic effect. In the last decade there have been significant therapeutic breakthroughs, with clinical trials of postnatal gene therapy showing efficacy for a variety of diseases, such as hemophilia, congenital blindness, congenital immunodeficiency and neuromuscular disorders, and the first gene therapy for familial hyperlipidemia was approved in the European Union (EU) in 2012.
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- Fetal TherapyScientific Basis and Critical Appraisal of Clinical Benefits, pp. 540 - 560Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020