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What is gene therapy? Give an example of how gene therapy can be used .

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Its the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders

For example, suppose a brain tumor is forming by rapidly dividing cancer cells. The reason this tumor is forming is due to some defective or mutated gene.


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