Gene therapy review.
The use of genes to treat disease, more commonly known as gene therapy, is a valid and promising tool to manage and treat diseases that conventional drug therapies cannot cure. Gene therapy holds the potential to control a wide range of diseases, including cystic fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and blood diseases. This review assesses the current status of gene therapy, highlighting therapeutic methodologies and applications, terminology, and imaging strategies. This article presents an overview of roadblocks associated with each therapeutic methodology, along with some of the scientific, social, and ethical issues associated with gene therapy.
Joseph Anthony
JA
Moss
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic