Akdeniz University. Gene and Cell Therapy Research and Application Centre ^{R&D Centre}

Human Gene Therapy Unit was first established in 2003 by Dr. Salih Sanlioglu at the Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine in order to initiate gene therapy research in Turkey. Soon, the infrastructure of the gene therapy research laboratory was completed and research results were published in the leading gene therapy journals such as Human Gene Therapy, Gene Therapy, Cancer Gene Therapy, Current Gene Therapy etc. In order to substantiate our leading position in the country, gene therapy unit was restructured as the Center for Gene and Cell Therapy of Akdeniz University bylaw published on official gazette 27701-dated September 16, 2010.