Materials Science Centre
Biomedical Materials Science: Tissue Engineering
Tissue Engineering
Gene Therapy and tissue engineering
Problems and limitations
2003, the FDA placed a temporary halt on all gene therapy trials using retroviral vectors in blood stem cells
2 children in gene therapy trial developed a leukemia-like condition
After successful treatment by gene therapy for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (X-SCID) (bubble baby syndrome)
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Dr J. Gough