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The 3rd International Meeting on Gene Therapy in Rheumatology and Orthopaedics.

Evans CH, Ghivizzani SC, Gouze E, Rediske JJ, Schwarz EM, Robbins PD

Center for Molecular Orthopaedics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. cevans@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

The 3rd International Meeting on Gene Therapy in Rheumatology and Orthopaedics was held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in May 2004. Keystone lectures delivered by Drs Joseph Glorioso and Inder Verma provided comprehensive, up-to-date information on all major virus vectors. Other invited speakers covered the application of gene therapy to treatment of arthritis, including the latest clinical trial in rheumatoid arthritis, as well as lupus and Sjögren's syndrome. Applications in mesenchymal stem cell biology, tissue repair, and regenerative medicine were also addressed. The field has advanced considerably since the previous meeting in this series, and further clinical trials seem likely.

Published 9 November 2005 in Arthritis Res Ther, 7(6): 273-8.
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