Gene therapy: An overview

• Main Authors: Sudip Indu (Author), Venkatapathy Ramesh (Author), Nirima Oza (Author), Karthikshree V Prashad (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Gene therapy "the use of genes as medicine" involves the transfer of a therapeutic or working copy of a gene into specific cells of an individual in order to repair a faulty gene copy. The technique may be used to replace a faulty gene, or to introduce a new gene whose function is to cure...