Types
A way of modifying genetic information in reproductive cells to benefit the offspring
What is Germline gene therapy?
A genetically engineered vehicle that transfers therapeutic genes into the body
What is a vector?
This common disease could be both treated AND caused by gene therapy
What is cancer?
This genetic disease is characterized by abnormal hemoglobin effecting the shape of red blood cells
What is sickle cell disease?
Introducing new genetic material into a patients body cells, that cannot be passed onto future generations
What is somatic gene therapy?
This modern technology MAY be used to actually edit the genome
What is CRISPR?
This complication in gene therapy is not due to the genetic material, but rather the virus carrying it
What is immune response?
This global project helped scientists better understand and treat genetic diseases
What is the Human Genome Project?
The method that involves injecting functional genes into a patient, rather than changing pre-existing genes
What is gene addition?
This term best describes a single change or error in a DNA sequence
What is a point mutation?
This phenomenon has people worried about the extremely wealthy and the ability to choose their children's genetics
What are designer babies?
This specific vaccine was being wrongfully thought of as gene therapy?
What is RNA vaccine/Covid-19 mRNA vaccines?
This latin phrase describes is used by scientists to describe something happening OUTSIDE of the body
What is "Ex vivo?"
This particular virus is especially good at delivering genetic material to the target cell
What is adenovirus?
The difference in health outcomes between groups of people, as a result of income level, where someone lives, and their overall access to health care
What is health disparity?
This rare genetic disease severely weakens the immune system, and was the first to be successfully treated by gene therapy in 1990
What is Severe Combined Immune Deficiency?