HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Gene therapy can compensate for genetic alterations in a couple different ways. Gene transfer therapy introduces new genetic material into cells. If an altered gene causes a necessary protein to be faulty or missing, gene transfer therapy can introduce a normal copy of the gene to recover the function of the protein.

Detailed explanation-2: -Simply put, gene editing is a type of gene therapy. They both target the cause of disease, such as a variant or mutation in a gene, by using genetic material to treat or prevent disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gene therapy is a technique that modifies a person’s genes to treat or cure disease. Gene therapies can work by several mechanisms: Replacing a disease-causing gene with a healthy copy of the gene. Inactivating a disease-causing gene that is not functioning properly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gene therapy is the use of a drug to treat disease by delivering therapeutic DNA into a patient’s cells. The most common form of gene therapy involves using DNA that encodes a functional, therapeutic gene to replace a mutated gene, e.g., treatment of SCID.

Detailed explanation-5: -With gene therapy, doctors deliver a healthy copy of a gene to cells inside the body. This healthy gene may replace a damaged (mutated) gene, inactivate a mutated gene or introduce an entirely new gene. Carriers, called vectors, transport these healthy genes into cells.