Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines Are Not ‘Gene Therapy.
What is gene therapy? A technique that “may allow genes to treat or prevent disease.
In the future, this technique may allow docs to treat a disorder by inserting a gene into a patient's cells instead of using drugs.
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What is gene therapy? A technique that “may allow genes to treat or prevent disease.
In the future, this technique may allow docs to treat a disorder by inserting a gene into a patient's cells instead of using drugs.
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Who invented this method?
French Anderson was “dubbed 'the father of gene therapy' after a team he led in 1990 cured a hereditary disease of the immune system in a 4-year-old girl.”
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French Anderson was “dubbed 'the father of gene therapy' after a team he led in 1990 cured a hereditary disease of the immune system in a 4-year-old girl.”
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For doctors to be able to use gene therapy to treat a disease in a patient, the whole genome of the patient needs to be sequenced!
This method cannot be used for 8Billion people😂
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This method cannot be used for 8Billion people😂
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For example, doctors may be able to either inactivate or replace a mutated gene that isn’t functioning properly or place a new gene in your body that will do something to combat a disease.
This process is used when genetic disorders cause a disease!
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This process is used when genetic disorders cause a disease!
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