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Ex vivo gene transfer and correction for cell-based therapies

Luigi Naldini
- 01 May 2011 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 5, pp 301-315
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This Review highlights the latest developments and the crucial challenges for cell-based therapies, with an emphasis on haematopoietic stem cell gene therapy, which is taken as a representative example given its advanced clinical translation.
Abstract
Cell-based therapies are fast-growing forms of personalized medicine that make use of the steady advances in stem cell manipulation and gene transfer technologies. In this Review, I highlight the latest developments and the crucial challenges for this field, with an emphasis on haematopoietic stem cell gene therapy, which is taken as a representative example given its advanced clinical translation. New technologies for gene correction and targeted integration promise to overcome some of the main hurdles that have long prevented progress in this field. As these approaches marry with our growing capacity for genetic reprogramming of mammalian cells, they may fulfil the promise of safe and effective therapies for currently untreatable diseases.

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