Viral Vectors for Treating Diseases of the Nervous System

Gene therapy offers considerable potential for the treatment of various incurable diseases of the nervous system. Viral Vectors for Treating Disease of the Nervous System describes a number of different viral vectors developed for achieving high efficiency gene delivery to the brain. Vectors described include those based on adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, lentivirus, and other retroviruses. It also discusses the potential application of such viruses in treating brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, and other diseases of the nervous system.

List of contents

Section A:
Virus Vectors for Use in the Nervous System
Section B:
Gene Therapy with Virus Vectors for Specific Disease of the Nervous System

Product details

• Assisted by: David S. Latchman (Editor), Latchman David S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2003
• EAN: 9780123668561
• ISBN: 978-0-12-366856-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 19 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 670 g
• Series: International Review of Neurobiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Cellular biology (cytology)