Biologic treatments for hereditary diseases.
- Author:
Jing YANG
;
Yangli XIE
;
Lin CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Biological Therapy;
Disease Models, Animal;
Genetic Diseases, Inborn;
therapy;
Genetic Therapy;
Humans
- From:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
2015;31(6):968-975
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Hereditary disease, especially monogenic disease is one of the major causes for malformation and disability of children. Most hereditary diseases have no effective therapy besides clinical symptomatic treatment. Biological techniques targeting casual genes or related signaling genes, such as transgenic, RNA interfere, genome editing, have been successfully applied in treating some hereditary diseases. However, most biological, treatments were carried out in animals, further confirmation of the effectiveness and safety of these therapies, and development of more therapeutic approaches based on mechanisms are needed before clinical trials.