Question

Gene therapy is for?

Answer 1

Gene Therapy :

• It is used to replace faulty gene by normal one therefore can be used to treat genetic disorder .

• Gene therapy was first of all used to treat a 4 year old girl in 1990 in USA from a genetic disorder called SCID .

• The lymphocytes were recovered from the patient , cultured and normal genes were introduced using retrovirus vector .

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Answer 2

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Somatic gene therapy: transfer of a section of DNA to any cell of the body that doesn't produce sperm or eggs. Effects of gene therapy will not be passed onto the patient's children. Germline gene therapy: transfer of a section of DNA to cells that produce eggs or sperm.