A physician is using somatic gene therapy for a patient with a severe genetic disorder. What is involved in this process?
A. inserting normal copies of the gene
B. blocking an overactive pathway
C. correcting an abnormality in the genes of sperm or egg
D. replacing a deficiency
E. turning off a gene
A. inserting normal copies of the gene
Somatic gene therapy may involve the insertion of normal copies of a gene into the cells of persons with a specific genetic disease. The other choices are also possible gene therapies.
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