What is gene therapy? The experimental technique could make untreatable diseases curable
Gene therapy could put an end to genetic disorders and hereditary diseases
Thomas McMullan
9 Mar 2018
Gene therapy is one of the most exciting fields in biotechnology right now, representing a major shift in medicine. It focuses not on treating symptoms of diseases with traditional drugs, but modifying underlying causes in a person’s genetic code.
As a term, you can expect gene therapy to crop up more within the coming years. But what does it actually mean, and what are the ethical questions the come with manipulating people’s genes?
http://www.alphr.com/bioscience/1008761/what-is-gene-therapy-DNA-diseases
