Gene therapy research in China

Since 1980, many Chinese scientists haveinvestigated the somatic cell therapy and started thebasic research on gene therapy. From 1990’ s, someimportant advances in gene therapy research havebeen achieved in China. For example, the clinicaltrial of hemophilia B was approved in China andpublished in Human Gene Therapy. Many originalpapers have been published in the internationaljournals. Many gene therapy research projects havebeen funded by the National N atural ScienceFoundation and National High BiotechnologyFoundation. The National High BiotechnologyFoundation has supportcd 10 gene therapy