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World Service,27 Mar 2000,23 mins

Gene therapy

Discovery

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Disappointments following the promising development of gene therapy. The treatment has come under the spotlight following the death of a young man with a defect which made him unable to process food. He was healthy when he agreed to the therapy but the genetically altered virus used to replace the faulty gene caused a massive immune response with devastating affects.

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