For Gene Therapy we have terms and definitions in 18 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Baby, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cancer, Gene Testing, Genetics, Genome, HIV and AIDs, Hair Loss, Huntingtons Disease, Legal, Mesothelioma, Lymphoma, Medical, Microbiology, Oncology and Science.

Gene Therapy (Anthromorphemics)

A genetic-engineering method in which a gene is altered and then inserted into a cell to correct an inherited abnormality.

Gene Therapy (Anthropology)

A genetic-engineering method in which a gene is altered and then inserted into a cell to correct an inherited abnormality.

Gene Therapy (Baby)

An experimental procedure to treat genetic disorders by inserting healthy genes into the body to replace damaged ones.

Gene Therapy (Bioinformatics)

The use of genetic material for therapeutic purposes. The therapeutic gene is typically delivered using recombinant virus or liposome based delivery systems.

Gene Therapy (Biotechnology)

Introducing a normal, functioning copy of a gene into a cell in which that gene is defective.

Gene Therapy (Cancer)

Treatment that alters a gene. In studies of gene therapy for cancer, researchers are trying to improve the body's natural ability to fight the disease or to make the cancer cells more sensitive to other kinds of therapy.

Gene Therapy (Gene Testing)

Treating disease by replacing, manipulating, or supplementing nonfunctional genes.

Gene Therapy (Genetics)

The use of DNA introduced into a cell or animal to cause the expression of a particular protein, often one that can replace a missing or defective protein that may be responsible for a disease.

Gene Therapy (Genome)

An experimental procedure aimed at replacing, manipulating, or supplementing nonfunctional or misfunctioning genes with healthy genes.
See also: gene, inherit, somatic cell gene therapy, germ line gene therapy

Gene Therapy (HIV and AIDs)

Any of a number of experimental treatments in which cell GENES are altered or added to. As it concerns HIV, gene therapies attempt to provoke new immune activity, try to render cells resistant to infection or provoke the synthesis of ENZYMES that destroy viral material within cells.

Gene Therapy (Hair Loss)

Gene therapy is a treatment method which involves the manipulation of and individuals genetic makeup. Keratin Keratin is a kind protein that is present in hair and nail.

Gene Therapy (Huntingtons Disease)

The insertion of normal or genetically altered genes into cells usually to replace defective genes. Sometimes used in the treatment of genetic disorders.

Gene Therapy (Legal, Mesothelioma)

A new type of treatment in which defective genes are replaced with normal ones. The new genes are delivered into the cells by viruses or proteins.

Gene Therapy (Lymphoma)

Treatment to modify the genes of a person's white blood cells or tumor cells to try to control or cure the cancer.

Gene Therapy (Medical)

An experimental procedure in which disease-causing genes are replaced by normal, healthy genes

Gene Therapy (Microbiology)

A technique involving the use of foreign genetic material to correct a genetic defect or to modify the phenotype of an affected individual, by targeting the somatic cells.

Gene Therapy (Oncology)

Gene therapy is the transfer of normal or redesigned genes into a patient to reduce or cure a disease state. Certain potentially cancerous genes are dormant in all of us and are sometimes triggered into activity. Other genes, tumor-suppressor genes, act naturally to stop unregulated growth of cancer cells. Since the early 1990s, scientists have conducted clinical trials to stop or reverse the activation of cancerous genes or to increase the number and effectiveness of tumor-suppressor genes.

Gene Therapy (Science)

The introduction of new genes into cells for the purpose of treating disease by restoring or adding gene expression. Techniques include insertion of retroviral vectors, transfection, homologous recombination, and injection of new genes into the nuclei of single cell embryos. The entire gene therapy process may consist of multiple steps. The new genes may be introduced into proliferating cells in vivo (e.g., bone marrow) or in vitro (e.g., fibroblast cultures) and the modified cells transferred to the site where the gene expression is required. Gene therapy may be particularly useful for treating enzyme deficiency diseases, hemoglobinopathies, and leukemias and may also prove useful in restoring drug sensitivity, particularly for leukemia.

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