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The need to introduce gene therapy to the dental curriculum
Author(s) -
Baum Bruce J.,
O'Connell Brian C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1600-0579
pISSN - 1396-5883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0579.1999.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , genetic enhancement , medicine , engineering ethics , medical physics , gene , psychology , biology , genetics , engineering , pedagogy
Recombinant DNA technology is finding its way into many aspects of clinical medicine. No application currently is more dramatic than gene therapy. Proofs of principle have already been established for gene therapy targeted to oral tissues, and more are likely to be demonstrated in the near future. The dental curriculum must begin to include the biological basis of DNA‐based therapies and other related biomedical science progress.