Viral Vectors for Treating Diseases of the Nervous System

Describes the various virus vectors available to deliver genes to the nervous system for the purpose of treating specific human diseases.

David S. Latchman (Edited by)

9780123668561, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 7 October 2003

329 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.67 kg

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.

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

Subject Areas: Virology [non-medical PSGL], Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Neurosciences [PSAN], DNA & Genome [PSAK1], Genetics [non-medical PSAK], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]