Problem
a) Describe some specific failures of gene therapy trials, which have negatively affected public opinion and slowed the development of gene therapy techniques in medicine. How have researchers tried to solve the problems associated with these failures? What do you think the future of gene therapy will be?
b) Think about the many recent technological advances in the field of genetics. Choose the one that you think might be the most influential over the next ten years and explain the reasons for your choice. (Do not choose gene therapy since it was the topic of Question a.)