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What disease are used for gene therapy?
Genetic diseases, such as hemophilia.
Gene therapy is?
It is the treatment of genetic disorders/diseases by altering the person's genotypes.
Why has gene therapy been successful in curing human genetic diseases in the past?
It eliminates the undesired gene and replaces it with a unaffected gene
What factors have kept gene therapy from becoming an effective treatment for genetic disease?
There are a number of factors which have kept gene therapy from becoming an effective treatment for genetic disease. The viral rectors are the main problems which might make gene therapy to cause diseases.
Why is gene therapy successful?
Gene therapy is not always successful. Sometimes when inserting genes into the chromosome, we misplace them, and the original problem is aggravated. Gene therapy can be somewhat effective at reducing symptoms of genetic diseases though.
What has the author Eve K Nichols written?
Eve K. Nichols has written: 'Human gene therapy' -- subject(s): Gene therapy, Genetic intervention, Government policy, Hereditary Diseases, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Gene therapy, Therapy, Genetic Intervention
Virus to help people with genetic disorders?
Gene Therapy
Scientists are using gene therapy to manage what?
Cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. There are perhaps more.
How is genetic therapy used to treat genetic disorders?
Gene therapy is a method that aims to cure inherited diseases by providing the patient with correct copy of the defective gene. There are four potential approaches to gene therapy:1)Addition of normal gene to replace the function of defective gene. This is gene replacement orgene augmentation therapy.2)Replacing the defective gene with the correct gene. This isCorrective gene therapy.3)Establishment of alternative pathways that bypass mutant genes function4)Change in regulation of normal or mutant genesThe first two are the basic approaches in gene therapy
When a person with genetic disease receive healthy DNA as treatment is called?
When a person with a genetic disease receives healthy DNA as treatment, it is call gene therapy. Gene therapy is still considered experimental but may have potential in preventing and treating diseases like cancer.
What is the benefit of gene therapy?
It has the potential to cure genetic diseases. Curing a disease is more economical that treating it for long period of time.
What is a goal of gene therapy?
The main goal of the Genetherapy is to correct the defective genes. There are 4 types of gene therapy .they are1. Somatic Gene therapy and another is 2.Germ line gene therapy 3.Enhancement genetic engineering4. Eugenic genetic engineering.
