Viral Gene Therapy

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Edited by Ke Xu Edited by Ke Xu The development of technologies that allow targeting of specific cells has progressed substantially in recent years for several types of vectors, particularly viral vectors, which have been used in 70% of gene therapy clinical trials. Particular viruses have been selected as gene delivery vehicles because of their capacities to carry foreign genes and their ability to efficiently deliver these genes associated with efficient gene expression. This book is designed to present the most recent advances in viral gene therapy Photo by Ugreen / iStock ISBN 978-953-307-539-6

VIRAL GENE THERAPY Edited by Ke Xu INTECHOPEN.COM

VIRAL GENE THERAPY Edited by Ke Xu INTECHOPEN.COM http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1011 Edited by Ke Xu Contributors Oleg E Tolmachov, Faisal A. Al-Allaf, Tanya Tolmachova, Karine Breckpot, Cleo Goyvaerts, David Escors, Grazyna Kochan, Yasufumi Kaneda, Eiji Kiyohara, Toshihiro Nakajima, Toshimitsu Itai, Koichi Miyake, Takashi Shimana, Youichi Suzuki, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Ana Coroadinha, Ana Rodrigues, Paula M. Alves, Takashi Okada, Shin Takeda, Joost Verhaagen, Joanna Aleksandra Korecka, Koen Bossers, Marijn Schouten, Ruben Eggers, Ayse Ulusoy, Karen Mossman, Breanne Palegia Cuddington, Changqing Su, Karin Loré, William Cecil Adams, Mengqun Tan, Xiaojuan Sun, Zhenqing Liu, Liujiang Song, Jing Tian, Xiaolin Yin, Xinhua Zhang, Christoph Metzner, John Dangerfield, Xianxing Xu, Yuanguo Cheng, Jingwen Yang, Bernardo Moreno-Lopez, Carmen R. Sunico, Victor Solodushko, Brian Fouty, Kazuto Kobayashi, Shigeki Kato, Kenta Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Inoue, Masahiko Takada, Masahito Kuramochi, Suresh K Mittal, Yadvinder Ahi, AnneMarie Swaim, Allan Randrup Thomsen, Peter Johannes Holst, Jan P Christensen, Rene Daniel, Ahmed F. Salem, Johanna Smith, Michael Lisanti © The Editor(s) and the Author(s) 2011 The moral rights of the and the author(s) have been asserted. All rights to the book as a whole are reserved by INTECH. The book as a whole (compilation) cannot be reproduced, distributed or used for commercial or non-commercial purposes without INTECH’s written permission. Enquiries concerning the use of the book should be directed to INTECH rights and permissions department (permissions@intechopen.com).