Gene Therapy - An Overview

Bramaramba Muddana, Sr. Visalakshmi.N

Abstract: Gene therapy is used to correct defective genes in order to cure a disease or help your body better fight disease. Researchers are investigating several ways to do this including Replacing mutated genes. Two decades after the initial gene therapy trials and more than 1700 approved clinical trials worldwide, but also learned to understand the concern that has persisted in society. Nevertheless, our knowledge continues to grow and during the course of time more safety data has become available that helps us to develop better gene therapy approaches.

Keywords: Gene therapy, In vivo gene therapy, In vitro gene therapy, vectors in gene therapy