Genetic medicine

Researchers were starting to identify genes that, when defective, caused diseases like cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, etc. One successful therapy involved disarming a virus and inserting the normal genes into it, and this was done successfully on a four year old patient.
 R. Michael Blaese, W. French Anderson United States 1990 Genetic medicine

Researchers were starting to identify genes that, when defective, caused diseases like cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, etc. One successful therapy involved disarming a virus and inserting the normal genes into it, and this was done successfully on a four year old patient.