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Editorial


Nature Medicine 6, 1 (2000)
doi:10.1038/71427

Gene therapy—a loss of innocence

Protocol #9512-139, the ill-fated attempt at gene therapy that led to the September death of a young patient, gives the biomedical community pause for thought. But it does not change the fact that gene therapy is a relevant and important area of investigation that is ready for testing in carefully designed human trials.