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Gene therapy
Genes are the hereditary units of DNA. Gene therapy is a new area of research in which individuals with genetic diseases can be treated by the insertion, modification, or removal of genes from their cells.
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What are the key regulatory issues surrounding gene therapy?
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Is it possible for an adult to grow healthier with gene therapy?
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When will gene therapy be common in the US, and why was Bush so opposed to it?
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What are some of the major obstacles preventing the use of gene therapy in people?
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is there any cure for hurler syndrome? and if there is then please tell me which doctor should i meet? and plz tell me about gene therapy?
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Have there been any success using gene therapy to cure diabetes?
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Are there any gene therapies to prevent your child from having spina bifida?
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What are the genetics tests for CML, can I get gene therapy if they find anything?
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Can you tell me if there are any ethical issues in using gene therapy to cure diabetes?
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Is gene therapy for maple syrup urine disease?
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What is the likelihood for an adult to grow taller with gene therapy?
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How does gene therapy make me grow taller if my growth plates are already closed?
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Can gene therapy be used in re-gaining muscle strength?
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How much will gene therapy cost for muscular dystrophy?
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How might gene therapy be used to treat muscular dystrophy?
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How does gene therapy help cystic fibrosis?
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How can gene therapy help a cystic fibrosis sufferer?
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How might gene therapy be used to treat muscular dystrophies?
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How can gene therapy be used to cure someone with sickle cell?
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What is possible cures for cystic fibrosis, how would gene therapy work?
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Help please! Is gene therapy a permanent cure for sickle cell anemia?
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A 35-year old female asked:
life expectancy for someone with smallcell lung cancer taking gene therapy drugs?
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Are there medicines that work by targeting tau proteins or beta amyloid in Alzheimers disease? Or gene therapy to replace faulty proteins?
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How should gene therapy treat these two diseases. cystic fibrosis and parkinson disease?
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Explain how gene theraphy would be used to treat scid?
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Can gene thereapy alter a living persons genome?
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Do the treatments for Alzheimer's have anything to do with fixing the genes involved?
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How do drug treatments for alzheimers disease effect the risk gene apolipoprotein E-e4?
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Effects of MTFHR gene heterozygous C/T over time? Most effective treatment Folic acid or it's metabolite?
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A 33-year old female asked:
If I am compound heterozygous for the mthfr gene, what kind of treatment will I receive when trying to conceive? I've had one stillborn son.
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