Gene therapy involves the transplantation of normal genes into a genome in place of missing or defective genes. Many scientists believe that gene therapy will lead to revolutionary new treatments for cancer. Why do you think gene therapy is such a promising field for this disease?

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Clarence Mayer

Biology

7 September, 05:51

Gene therapy involves the transplantation of normal genes into a genome in place of missing or defective genes. Many scientists believe that gene therapy will lead to revolutionary new treatments for cancer. Why do you think gene therapy is such a promising field for this disease?

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Thelma · Answer 1

The therapy can find the damaged cancer cells and prevent it from reproducing, or even taking it off the gene so that none person from the next generations will suffer the same.