Matthew H. Porteus, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Porteus is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. Within the past 12 months, Dr. Porteus no commercial conflicts of interest.

Release Date: 09/10/2006
Termination Date: 09/10/2009

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the different types of viral vectors that are being used in gene therapy
• Summarize the successes and setbacks in the recent clinical trials for gene therapy
• Describe the future directions of gene therapy research to improve the safety of gene therapy.

 

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