Gene Therapy

Gene therapy is an innovative method of treating diseases by changing the makeup of an individual’s genes toward a beneficial end. Gene therapy is most often looked at as a way to cure debilitating and deadly diseases but it also has the possibility of preventing disease in the first place. There is promise with each day and each new discovery as more successful evidence is found. Nonetheless, gene therapy remains a very tentative science whose possibilities are still yet to be fully realized.
You know how you always wanted to blame your parents for your mistakes? Well now you can. Your entire structure is made up of your parent’s chromosomes, XX if you’re a girl and XY if you’re a boy. The reason for genetic disease is from defective gene traits. In the majority of cases, one regular gene is enough to live normally. If the defective gene is recessive, then the dominant gene will carry on both tasks. If two recessive defective genes are present at birth then the diseas...