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Somatic Therapy Altering Alleles Body Cells Affected Disorder

Somatic gene therapy modifies alleles within an individual's body cells, treating affected tissues without impacting their germline cells.

Somatic gene therapy involves altering alleles in the body cells of an individual, specifically targeting cells most affected by a disorder, but it does not affect their reproductive cells.

Front somatic therapy
Back altering the alleles in body cells, particularly cells most affected by the disorder. Somatic therapy does not affect the individuals sex cells.

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