Medical Benefits and Consequences in Genetic Engineering Today scientists are experimenting with gene therapy as a way to permanently help people who have hemophilia and other inherited diseases. Gene therapy involves inserting healthy genes into human cells to correct or prevent diseases. When genes are introduced into body cells other than eggs and sperm, this is called somatic cell gene therapy. Any effects are limited to the person receiving the therapy as the new genes are not passed on to future generations. Germ line gene therapy refers to the correction of a genetic problem in an individual?s egg or sperm. This means that once a problem such as hemophilia is corrected inside the
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Medical Benefits and Consequences in Genetic Engineering Today scientists are experimenting with gene therapy as a way to permanently help people who have hemophilia and other inherited diseases. Gene therapy involves inserting healthy genes into human cells to correct or prevent diseases. When genes are introduced into body cells other than eggs and sperm, this is called somatic cell gene therapy. Any effects are limited to the person receiving the therapy as the new genes are not passed on to future generations. Germ line gene therapy refers to the correction of a genetic problem in an individual?s egg or sperm. This means that once a problem such as hemophilia is corrected inside the
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