Salk technology leads to gene therapy success
Rancho Santa Fe Record - Thu Nov 19, 5:59 pm ETUsing a gene-therapy delivery system developed in the laboratory of Inder Verma at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, an international research team successfully treated two boys from Spain suffering from adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), the rare, inherited disease that was the focus of the Hollywood film "Lorenzo's Oil." The genetic disorder, in which the fatty insulation of nerve cells ...



