Back ويليام فرنش أندرسن Arabic William French Anderson German ویلیام فرنچ اندرسون Persian William French Anderson Italian 威廉·弗伦奇·安德森 Chinese
William French Anderson | |
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.jpg) Dr. Anderson in 1990 | |
| Born | December 31, 1936 |
| Education | Harvard College Harvard Medical School Trinity College, Cambridge University |
| Known for | Contributions to gene therapy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics molecular biology |
| Criminal status | Paroled |
| Conviction(s) | Lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 (three counts) Continuous sexual abuse (one count) |
| Criminal penalty | 14 years imprisonment |
William French Anderson (born December 31, 1936) is an American physician, geneticist and molecular biologist. He is known as the "father of gene therapy". He graduated from Harvard College in 1958, Trinity College, Cambridge University (England) in 1960, and from Harvard Medical School in 1963. In 1990 he was the first person to succeed in carrying out gene therapy by treating a 4-year-old girl suffering from severe combined immunodeficiency (a disorder called "bubble boy disease").[1][2][3] In 2006, he was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor and in 2007 was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He was paroled on May 17, 2018.
- ^ Burke, Bob and Barry Epperson (2003). W. French Anderson: Father of Gene Therapy. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association. ISBN 1885596251. OCLC 52290918.
- ^ Lyon, Jeff and Peter Gomer (1995), Altered Fates: Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life, W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393315282
- ^ Thompson, Larry (1994), Correcting The Code: Inventing the Genetic Cure for the Human Body, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-77082-9
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