The American Society of Gene Therapy is renaming itself: “American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy” (membership has yet to finalize the name change.” The European Society of Gene Therapy has already done so: “European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.” Why is gene transfer going cellular? The publicly stated reasons are two fold. First… Continue reading Soft Cells and C-Sections
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In Brugge: The Cure
One of the most striking themes at the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy was the extent to which continental European researchers conceptualize first-in-human gene transfer experiments as therapeutic interventions rather than research protocols. Perhaps the most extreme and explicit expression of this was view was presented by Bonn internest Thomas Heinemann (he also… Continue reading In Brugge: The Cure