Nakanishi M
Department of Neurovirology, Osaka University, Japan.
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Gene therapy is an approach to treat various incurable diseases by expressing foreign genes directly into the human body. A number of vector systems to introduce genetic information into tissue cells have been developed for this purpose. This review provides a critical discussion of the characteristics of various vector systems and their possible application in human gene therapy.