Books /Clinical Advances in Gene Therapy

9781639272433

American Medical Publishers

English

2021

229

$ 153

A medical field that focuses on the utilization of the therapeutic delivery of nucleic acids into a patient's cells to treat disease is referred to as gene therapy. Some of the potential medical uses of gene therapy are gene doping and human genetic engineering. It can also be used to cure diseases, change physical appearance, metabolism and improve physical capabilities and mental faculties such as memory and intelligence. Gene therapy can also be used to replace a faulty gene with a healthy gene in order to treat some genetic diseases. This strategy is referred to as gene replacement therapy and is employed to treat various inherited diseases. This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to gene therapy. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field. Scientists and students actively engaged in this field will find this book full of crucial and unexplored concepts.