Gene Therapy: Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D. Paul D. Kessler, M.D. The following is a summary of the publication in the November 1996 issue of Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, titled “Gene delivery to skeletal muscle results in sustained...

Scientists Make Progress In Gene Therapy For Heart Disease

Johns Hopkin’s University scientists have successfully used a virus to supply a missing gene and its enzyme product to muscle cells in animals and humans for an extended period. The achievement could have implications in the treatment of an inherited fatal heart...