Not exact matches
Like mRNA,
gene therapy can induce cells to make
therapeutic proteins, but it typically
introduces DNA that can integrate unpredictably into the genome.
Eventually, said Attan Kasid, one of the team, the hope is to
introduce genes that would have
therapeutic value.
Introducing new DNA often is achieved by viral transduction of target cells with a
therapeutic transgene, through either a direct or cell - based
gene therapy modality.
Gene therapy a
therapeutic approach in which engineered
genes are
introduced into a patient's cells to treat a disease.