Gene Therapy May Stall Inherited Emphysema, Boston University School of Medicine Study
ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2009) — Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, describes a method to express therapeutic genes in lung tissue for a lifetime after only a single treatment.