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Nature 389, 239-242 (18 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38410

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Gene therapy - promises, problems and prospects

Inder M. Verma1 & Nikunj Somia1

In principle, gene therapy is simple: putting corrective genetic material into cells alleviates the symptoms of disease. In practice, considerable obstacles have emerged. But, thanks to better delivery systems, there is hope that the technique will succeed.

  1. Inder M. Verma and Nikunj Somia are in the Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.