Cystic fibrosis gene therapy: successes, failures and hopes for the future

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a single-gene disorder with insufficient treatment options and a target organ, the lung that is relatively easily accessible. Thus, it is not surprising that in the early years of gene therapy, CF was at the forefront of this field. Since cloning of the CF gene in 1989, 25 Phase I/II clinical trials involving approximately 420 CF patients have been carried out using a variety of viral and...

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