Meaning Of The Word Gene therapy

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What's The Definition Of Gene therapy?

gene therapy
uncountable noun: Gene therapy is the use of genetic material to treat disease.

gene therapy in American English
the experimental treatment of a disease by the use of techniques associated with genetic engineering, as to modify or replace the disease-causing genes of certain cells
noun: the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme

gene therapy in British English
noun: the replacement or alteration of defective genes in order to prevent the occurrence of such inherited diseases as haemophilia. Effected by genetic engineering techniques, it is still at the experimental stage

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