Applications of Virus Vector-Mediated Gene Therapy in China

Qiong Lin1, Deng-Gao Wang1, Zhu-Qin Zhang1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China .

Human Gene Therapy
|December 30, 2017
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