Gene therapy - Mayo Clinic
Gene therapy aims to fix a faulty gene or replace it with a healthy gene to try to cure disease or make the body better able to fight disease. It holds promise as a treatment for a wide range of diseases, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, hemophilia and AIDS.

Gene therapy - Wikipedia
Gene therapy approaches to replace a faulty gene with a healthy gene have been proposed and are being studied for treating some genetic diseases. As of 2017, 11.1% of gene therapy clinical trials targeted monogenic diseases.

What is Gene Therapy? | FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Gene therapy is a technique that modifies a person’s genes to treat or cure disease. Gene therapies can work by several mechanisms: Replacing a disease-causing gene with a...

Gene Therapy Definition, Pros & Cons - Cleveland Clinic
Gene therapy is a medical approach that uses genetic material to prevent and treat disease. The technique allows healthcare providers to treat certain conditions by changing your genetic makeup instead of using traditional treatment methods like medication and surgery.

Gene therapy | Description, Uses, Examples, & Safety Issues - Britannica
Gene therapy, introduction of a normal gene into an individual’s genome in order to repair a mutation that causes a genetic disease. Human gene therapy has been attempted on somatic (body) cells for diseases such as cystic fibrosis and cancer.

What Is Gene Therapy: Risks, Benefits, and More - Verywell Health
Gene therapy is a relatively new treatment designed to alleviate disease by modifying defective genes or altering the production of proteins by faulty genes. There are several ways that healthy genes can be inserted into the body, such as inside a deactivated virus or inside a fat particle.

Gene Therapy - National Human Genome Research Institute
Gene therapy is a technique that uses a gene (s) to treat, prevent or cure a disease or medical disorder. Often, gene therapy works by adding new copies of a gene that is broken, or by replacing a defective or missing gene in a patient’s cells with a healthy version of that gene.

What is gene therapy? - MedlinePlus
Gene therapy is a medical approach that treats or prevents disease by correcting the underlying genetic problem instead of using drugs or surgery.

Gene therapy: What is it and how does it work? | Live Science
Gene therapy can involve inserting genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease. This diagram shows an example of ex vivo gene therapy.

How Does Gene Therapy Work? Types, Uses, Safety - Healthline
Gene therapy can treat certain genetic conditions by editing diseased cells. Learn about its uses, safety, and potential downsides here.