Molecular Medicine: Novel Findings of Gene Diagnosis, Regulation of Gene Expression, and Gene Therapy : Proceedings of the Second Meeting of Hirosaki ... Forum (International Congress Series)

This book contains 27 contributions from a July 1998 meeting, which brought together scientists from such fields as biochemistry, pathology, internal medicine, dermatology, and otology. The section on gene diagnosis covers recent topics concerning epidermolysis bullosa (an inherited blistering skin disease), and hereditary hearing loss. The section on regulation of gene expression focuses on corticortropin-releasing hormone gene and genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes. Topics in the section on gene therapy include the development of novel in vivo gene delivery systems and its application to the treatment of diseases. Five editors are from various departments at the Hirosaki U. School of Medicine in Japan; the other is from Thomas Jefferson U. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)