Gene therapy
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According to hematologist Arthur Nienhuis, former president of the American Society of Gene Therapy, gene therapy:
....is the addition of new genes to a patient’s cells to replace missing or malfunctioning genes. Researchers typically use a virus to carry the genetic cargo into cells, because that is what viruses evolved to do with their own genetic material.[1]
References
- ↑ Nienhuis A. (2008) [www.SciAm.com/asktheexperts How does gene therapy work?] Scientific American. August, page 108.
- Arthur Nienhaus , former president of the American Society of Gene Therapy, holds a position as hematologist at St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn