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Germline gene therapy involves the modification of germ cells (gametes) that will pass the change on to the next generation. With germ line therapy genes could be corrected in the egg or the sperm that is being used to conceive. The child that results would be spared certain genetic problems that might otherwise have occurred. Because every cell descends from the fertilized egg, every cell in the offspring would possess the transplanted gene. This would be a far more effective way of transferring genes than the ones presently used in somatic cell therapies, where genes into the cells of children or adults usually enter only a small portion of the person's cells and eventually stop functioning.
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∙ 12y agouses genetic engineering to create treatments for disorders that result from genetic mutation. Before the invention of gene therapy, individuals with disorders that resulted from a hereditary mutation or a gametic mutation had little hope of treatment. The best the medical community had to offer was medication to offset the symptoms of the disorder and, if possible, organ transplantation.
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∙ 15y agoGene Theory Gene theory is the idea that genes are the unit of inheritance. This theory has been modified many times over the years, as new evidence has become available. In the nineteenth century, Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, studied peas and how certain characteristics were transmitted from one generation to another. Mendel realized that the transmission was occurring through their gametes. He found that the adult plants contained two copies of a factor controlling the observed characteristic, but that the gametes only had the one copy. In 1900, Mendel's work was rediscovered and reinterpreted. By this time chromosomes had been discovered and meiosis described. In the early part of the twentieth century, Thomas Morgan showed the relationship between the number of linkage groups in an organism and the number of chromosomes. Each of these inheritable factors were called genes. George Beadle and Edward Tatum proposed that one gene was responsible for the production of one enzyme (the one gene one enzyme theory). In the mid-twentieth century, Oswald Avery showed that DNA was the molecule carrying the genes. Edwin Chargaff worked out the constant relationship between the bases within DNA. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the structure of DNA along with its method of replication.
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∙ 13y agothe replacement of a defective gene with a normal version
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∙ 14y agothe replacement of a detectivegene with a normal version.
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∙ 9y agoGene therapy is the process of replacing a defective gene with a healthy gene. Gene therapy is an experimental method of fighting or preventing disease.
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∙ 11y agoGene therapy is the treatment in which the defective genes are replaced by corrective genes to cure that defect.
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A technique that involves putting a healthy copy of a gene into cells that have a defective copy of the same gene?
gene therapy.
When was gene therapy on allowed?
in 1989 us approve gene therapy exprement on human
What 'tools' are used in gene therapy?
Viral vectors are the tools used in gene therapy.
What is gene therapy?
Gene therapy is a method of treatment. It is specifically used to treat patients who are suffering from diseases due to defective genes. Essentially, the treatment involves researchers replacing the defective or faulty genes with a normal functioning gene. It involves: 1) Detection of gene 2)Determination & its role 3)Isolation & cloning 4)Introducing the gene by proper way. This is either germline gene therapy (done in germ cells) or somatic gene therapy (done in somatic cells).
When will be gene therapy successful?
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Inserting working copies of a gene directly into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder is called what?
Gene TherapyGenetic disorders are caused by an abnormality in person's DNA.
Why do you need gene therapy?
gene therapy is when a faulty gene is repaired or replaced
Difference between gene therapy and protein therapy?
at the gene level gene therapy is done and at the the protein level protein therapy is done
A technique that involves putting a healthy copy of a gene into cells that have a defective copy of the same gene?
gene therapy.
How could gene therapy be used to treat cancer?
With the help of Gene therapy we can replace or supress the cancer gene
When was gene therapy on allowed?
in 1989 us approve gene therapy exprement on human
What 'tools' are used in gene therapy?
Viral vectors are the tools used in gene therapy.
How does gene therapy effect children?
Gene therapy effects children by helping to cure disease and to lengthen lives. Gene therapy can also be used to eliminate diseases that are inherited.
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.
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
What is the Catholic Church's view on gene therapy?
not so positive, but it does depend on what kind of gene therapy and for what purpose
Gene therapy has shown promise in controlling?
Gene therapy is shown promise in controlling Cystic Fibrosis.
