Cystic Fibrosis And Gene Therapy.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Cystic Fibrosis 3 Gene Therapy 4 Gene Therapy and Cystic Fibrosis 5 Problems With Gene Therapy 6 Recent Developments in Gene Therapy 7 Ethical Issues Related to Gene therapy 8 Conclusion Summary Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. The amount of information geneticists have discovered about genes in the last 20 years is staggering. It was only in 1973 that the first recombinant DNA methods were successfully used. Since then development of …

…for their use? oe Many people believe that gene modification and replacement is 'playing god'. Is it? Conclusion In conclusion, the amount of research that has been done into genetics and advancements in gene therapies in the last 20 years is amazing. At the rate science is progressing, it will be in the very near future that common genetic disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis will be able to be cured by advanced methods of gene replacement.