Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy
Becoming ever more popular as research continues, gene therapy offers a new approach in the battle against genetically spawn diseases and malformations. Rather than using the traditional methods of using agents that interact with gene products to alter their phenotype, gene therapy may be the key to modify specific genes and provide a definitive cure to whichever disease is being dealt with. While many of the diseases dealt with by gene therapy are genetically related such as Huntington's disease or trisomy 21, other diseases that may be caused by additional factors but stil…