Gene therapy aims to treat diseases by replacing or adding genes. It could help cure diseases like cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, and AIDS by improving the body's ability to fight illness. While gene therapy holds promise, there are also risks like unintended immune reactions that must be addressed to realize its potential benefits for global health.

2. OBJECTIVES
• Define the goals and principles of gene
therapy,
• Identify some of the types of disease that
might be treatable by gene therapy; and
• Describe gene therapy and various forms and
assess the issues’ potential benefits and
detriments to global health.

4. WHAT IS GENE THERAPY?
• It replaces a faulty gene or adds a new gene in
an attempt to cure disease or improve your
body's ability to fight disease.
• Gene therapy holds promise for treating a
wide range of diseases, such as cancer, cystic
fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, hemophilia
and AIDS.

35. GENE THERAPY
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Anti
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