Genetic Disorders and Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy basically involves the introduction or alteration of genetic material within a cell or organism with an intention of curing the disease. Both cell therapy and gene therapy are overlapping fields of biomedical research with the goals of repairing the direct explanation for Genetic diseases in DNA or cellular population respectively, the discovery of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid technology within the 1970s provided tools to efficiently develop gene therapy. Scientists use these techniques to readily manipulate viral genomes, isolate genes and identify mutations involved in human disease, characterize and regulate gene expressions, and engineer various viral and non-viral vectors.