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Gene therapy trial to restart

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FDA lifts ban on trial after investigating death.

A clinical trial of gene therapy in which a woman died this summer is due to recommence, thanks to a decision from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday.

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Wadman, M. Gene therapy trial to restart. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.291

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