Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases is a new, burgeoning field of m edicine. Edited by the undisputed pioneers of this area of research, t his volume is the first devoted to its topic. It contains thirteen cha pters, each written by leaders in their respective fields, that summar ize the state of the art in developing novel, gene based treatments fo r inflammatory diseases. As well as providing an introduction to the b asic concepts of gene therapy and the use of naked DNA approaches, the book describes the advances that have been made in applying them to a rthritis, lupus, multiple...