New Gene Therapy Technique Shows Promise for Bone Repair.

The article offers information on the paper entitled "Regional Gene Therapy (RGT) to Enhance Bone Repair," by Jay R. Lieberman, a recipient of the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award. It says that the paper discusses progress in research into the regional gene therapy as part of a tissue engineering strategy to treat patients with large bone abnormalities. It adds that the said method can be used to treat spinal fusion, fracture nonunion, and revision total joint arthroplasty.