Gene and Cell Therapy for Muscular Dystrophies: Are We Getting There?
Author(s) -
Francesco Galli,
Laricia Bragg,
Linda Meggiolaro,
Maira Rossi,
Miriam Caffarini,
Naila Naz,
Sabrina Santoleri,
Giulio Cossu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
human gene therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.633
H-Index - 149
eISSN - 1557-7422
pISSN - 1043-0342
DOI - 10.1089/hum.2018.151
Subject(s) - genetic enhancement , muscular dystrophy , clinical trial , cell therapy , medicine , bioinformatics , gene , cell , biology , genetics
In the last few years, significant advances have occurred in the preclinical and clinical work toward gene and cell therapy for muscular dystrophy. At the time of this writing, several trials are ongoing and more are expected to start. It is thus a time of expectation, even though many hurdles remain and it is unclear whether they will be overcome with current strategies or if further improvements will be necessary.
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