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A pharmacologenic rheostat for gene therapy

Insight into the molecular mechanism of rapamycin's immunosuppressive effects provides the basis for a novel approach to regulating therapeutic gene expression (pages 1028-1032).

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Wilson, J. A pharmacologenic rheostat for gene therapy. Nat Med 2, 977–978 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0996-977

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