Gene therapy of single-gene disorders: preface to the special section.

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Gene therapy was introduced into clinical practice with great excitement, much publicity and considerable optimism in the early 1990s. Scientific evaluation of the early clinical trials has, however, greatly reduced the initial optimism. Follow-up studies have revealed that many early gene therapy trials mainly represented gene transfer into patients, possibly with short-term effects, but not true gene therapy...

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