GENE THERAPY uses genes to treat or prevent diseases.
[what a surprise...]
it:
- replaces a mutated gene that causes disease with a healthy copy of the gene.
- inactivates, a mutated gene that is functioning improperly.
- introduces a new gene into the body to help fight a disease.
this technique is still being studied to make sure it wont mass murder people who are trying to get better. =]
but hey, on the bright side, if it works, we get cures to diseases right?
[hah, like we need more people on this planet?]
gene therapy pretty much just completely removes the problem forever instead of having to get treated like alooot and spending a metric ton of money and time and is just mad convenient.
in order to treat a problem you have to get the cause of it, not the symptoms right? that's what gene therapy does; it replaces the gene that's giving you issues and lets you move on with your life.
hello sources =]
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/therapy/genetherapy
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/genetherapy/whatisgt/
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