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GENE THERAPY
THE STATE OF THE ART

 Dr. Abdel Aziz El Bayoumi
Professor of Genetics

Dr. Khalid Al Ali
Lecturer of Genetics

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Qatar, Doha


5.6 Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

A preliminary report has described the use of cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells to provide gene therapy for retinal degeneration (Dunaief, et al 1995) Retroviral gene transfer into retinal pigment epithelial cells followed by transplantation into rata retina.

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