Human Gene Therapy: Current Opportunities and Future Trends

1 The Future of Gene Therapy.- I Cardiovascular Diseases.- 2 Angiogenesis Clinical Trials.- 3 AAV Vectors, the Future Workhorse of Human Gene Therapy.- 4 Nonviral Vectors for Cardiovascular Gene Delivery.- 5 Gene Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease: Preclinical and Initial Clinical Results with Intracoronary Administration of Ad5FGF-4.- II Cancer.- 6 Cancer Gene Therapy: Present Status and Future Directions.- 7 Oncolytic Virotherapy as a Novel Treatment Platform for Cancer.- 8 Adenovirus Retargeting and Systemic Delivery.- III CNS Diseases.- 9 CNS Diseases Amenable to Gene Therapy.- 10 Molecular Therapies for the Nervous System and Skeletal Muscle.- 11 Lentivirus: A Vector for Nervous System Applications.- IV Novel Technologies.- 12 Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Neovascularization.- 13 Therapeutic Aptamers and Antidotes: A Novel Approach to Safer Drug Design.- 14 Plasmid-Based Gene Transfer and Antiprogestin-Controllable Transgene Expression.- Previous Volumes Published in This Series.