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]

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  1. Nienhuis A. (2008) 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