Gene Therapy Future of Medical World
                     GENE THERAPY: FUTURE OF 
MEDICAL WORLD! 
What Is Gene Therapy?
• Gene therapy is a scientific technique that uses genes to prevent or treat disease in 
several different ways:
• Replace a damaged gene with a healthy copy of the gene.
• Inactivate a gene that is functioning incorrectly.
• Introduce a new gene into the body that may be needed for normal function.
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How it works?
• Gene therapy can be implemented both inside or outside the body. 
• When it is done inside, doctors inject a modified version of the virus carrying the 
gene. 
• When introduced into the body, the modified virus takes advantage of the fact that 
viruses tend to attack the body. 
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Introduce new genes into body
• Gene Therapy could be used to fix a defective gene with a copy of a healthy one. It can 
be used to activate a gene that was previously dormant but should've been functioning. 
• Or it could be used to introduce new genes into our body which were needed for it to 
function normally.
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Prevent genetically inherited diseases
• Genetic therapy could be used to help prevent genetically inherited diseases from ever 
occurring and completely reshape the future of humanity. Some tests have been done 
with attempts to cure cancer by introducing antibodies which might not normally be 
present to fight off the disease.
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Cure Parkinson’s Disease
• Genetic therapy has also been used to enhance the production of dopamine to cure 
Parkinson's disease.
• It is both a chronic and neurodegenerative disease, so not only does it last for a long 
period of time, but it also gets worse the longer you have it.
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Grow new skin
• Gene therapy has recently been used to grow new skin and restore eyesight. In 
November 2017, a patient suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa had samples of 
uninfected skin duplicated and applied healthy versions of his skin to the blisters. 
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Risk factor
• Since it is introduced into the body through a carrier as an altered version of the virus, 
there is the chance the immune system might mistake it for the original virus and 
attempt to attack it. 
• There might also be a chance the newly introduce anti-virus could unintentionally affect 
more cells and lead to further complications.
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Ethical Implications of Genetic Modification
• Recent development in gene therapy have put into question the ethics surrounding 
modifications to the natural human body. 
• The question about who will have access to these treatments has been a longstanding 
debate. 
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Expensive Process
• The procedure is also really, expensive. The estimated price for specifically Parkinson’s 
Disease gene therapy is around 105 328 USD. So, it would only be available to the rich. 
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Gene Therapy: The Future
• Scientists are only starting to experiment with various applications of gene therapy. 
However, the ability modify genes so that they can cure diseases is a tool that can 
completely change the world as we know it. 
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