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Should gene therapy be made available to everyone with a genetic illness Introduction: I will be doing my project on the subject of " should gene therapy be available to every one with a genetic illness", I will be writing about the science behind gene therapy, the pros and cons of the treatment and my own personal point of view about the problem. The science: Gene therapy is a technique for correcting defective genes responsible for disease development, scientists and researchers may use one of several approaches for correcting faulty genes: A normal gene may be inserted into a non-specific location within the genome to replace a non-functional gene. This approach is most common. An abnormal gene could be swapped for a normal gene through homologous recombination. The abnormal gene could be repaired through selective reverse mutation, which returns the gene to its normal function. The regulation (the degree to which a gene is turned...

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