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What does gene therapy mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of several therapies involving the insertion of genes into a patient's cells in order to replace defective ones.
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As lung damage is the major cause of illness and death in cystic fibrosis, initially, gene therapy is focusing on delivering genes to the lungs.
The biggest benefits for health and longevity will come from cell therapy and gene therapy.
No treatments for these disorders now exist although gene therapy may be a future possibility.
Many people believe that gene therapy and genetic screening of embryos is dangerous.
It makes sense to use gene therapy to program stem cells to produce the exact growth factors needed for each purpose.
If we try to give gene therapy intravenously, it probably won't make it to all the tumour cells.

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