Somatic cell gene therapy is the process of replacing a defective gene in a person's non-reproductive cells with a functional copy.
Somatic cell gene therapy involves substituting a faulty allele with a healthy one in the somatic cells of an individual.
| Front | Define somatic cell gene therapy. |
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| Back | Somatic cell gene therapy - replacing faulty allele with a healthy allele in affected somatic cells |
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