The Potential of Gene Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorArbuthnot, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T13:29:13Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T13:29:13Z
dc.date.issued2011-06
dc.descriptionInaugural lecture presented at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, June 2011.
dc.description.abstractScience of course has a lot to offer the public and effectively communicating the usefulness of science is very important. Scientists researching topics in the health-related fields have valuable practical benefits as a result of creation of interventions, methods, or strategies to treat disease. Moreover, the scientific method has a social function that is useful to nurture an ethic that encourages critical and creative thinking. This presentation is therefore primarily aimed at conveying insights about gene therapy to people who do not have a background in biology or medicine. The topic of gene therapy is rather technical in nature and I am therefore obliged to simplify some of the complex concepts. Also, parts of the talk will necessarily be of a didactic nature, which is important to provide the framework for discussing general issues of the significance of gene therapy in South Africa. The content of this presentation will be divided into 5 main parts, which are: Why genes are important in normal and disease biology; What is gene therapy?; Using silencing techniques to counter hepatitis B virus infection; The Challenges and Relevance of gene therapy research.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.identifier.citationArbuthnot, Patrick. (2011). The Potential of Gene Therapy. [Inaugural lecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40604
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/40604
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2011 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Pathology
dc.subjectAntiviral Gene Therapy
dc.subjectNormal biology
dc.subjectDisease biology
dc.subjectHepatitis B virus
dc.subjectMolecular
dc.titleThe Potential of Gene Therapy
dc.typeInaugural lecture
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