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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2024

Improving access to gene therapy for rare diseases.

Thomas A Fox, Claire Booth

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Regulatory approach to manipulated organs in Europe: preserving human organs as non-commercial goods.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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  9. Gene therapy and mRNA drugs approach for mitochondrial OXPHOS deficiencies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  11. Advances in Cell and Gene Therapy for Rare Disease Treatment.International journal of stem cells · 2025
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  12. Overcoming barriers to commercially pre-viable gene and cell therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas A FoxUCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, NW3 2PP, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1163-2295
Claire BoothInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL, London WC1N 1EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2626-5037
University College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective gene therapy approaches have been developed for many rare diseases, including inborn errors of immunity and metabolism, haemoglobinopathies and inherited blindness. Despite successful pre-clinical and clinical results, these gene therapies are not widely available, primarily for non-medical reasons. Lack of commercial interest in therapies for ultra-rare diseases, costs of development and complex manufacturing processes required for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are some of the main problems that are restricting access. The complexities and costs of navigating the regulatory environments in different jurisdictions for treatments that affect small numbers of patients is a problem unique to ATMPS for rare and ultra-rare diseases. In this Perspective, we outline some of the challenges and potential solutions that, we hope, will improve access to gene therapy for rare diseases.

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Genetic TherapyRare DiseasesHumansGene therapyInborn errors of immunityInborn errors of metabolismRare disease

Identifiers

PMID38639083
PMCPMC11051979
OpenAlexW4394961778

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