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High incidence of leukemia in large animals after stem cell gene therapy with a HOXB4-expressing retroviral vector.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2008
Zhang Xiao-Bing, Beard Brian C, Trobridge Grant D, Wood Brent L, Sale George E, Sud Reeteka, Humphries R Keith, Kiem Hans-Peter
Abstract excerpt
Retroviral vector-mediated HSC gene therapy has been used to treat individuals with a number of life-threatening diseases. However, some patients with SCID-X1 developed retroviral vector-mediated leukemia after treatment. The selective growth advantage of gene-modified cells in patients with SCID...
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