Artificial Chromosomes Coming to Life

摘要

Most advertisements that arrive on my desk rapidly find their way into the trash with barely a glance; however, occasionally a piece will catch my eye. "Make Biology Come Alive," cried the headline of an advertisement for educational software that promised to teach the reader about Genetic Engineering, including Gene Therapy. Following on the footsteps of the first reported death of a gene therapy patient, Jesse Gelsinger, at a time when nearly everyone is urging caution and calling for more balanced reporting of results of gene therapy research, I was curious to see how "Gene Therapy" would be portrayed.