Gene Therapy Has The Potential To Change Hereditary Diseases

Gene therapy can be used to replace a mutated gene causing a negative effect or disease with a functioning copy of that gene. Correcting the body’s genetic code is about as complicated as it sounds-beyond identifying the gene causing a specific disease, and beyond building a gene therapy agent, there’s the matter of getting the gene therapy agent delivered to the right part of the body.

Watch the above video to learn about the potentially life-changing implications of gene therapy.

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