What Is Gene Therapy?
Gene therapy is a process whereby DNA is introduced into a patient to treat a genetic disease. The new DNA usually contains a functioning gene to correct the effects of a disease-causing mutation.
Topics
- gene therapy
- DNA
- genetic disease
- mutation
- muscular distrophy
- cystic fibrosis
- somatic gene therapy
- germline gene therapy
- protein
- cell
- augmentation
- inhibition
- expression
- oncogene
- bacterium
- plasmid
- virus
- vector
- vesicle
- nucleus
- genetic engineering
- bioengineering