56. Gene and Cell Therapies
Gene and cell therapies are new types of
treatments that use the body's own cells or
material to fight diseases. Instead of just treating
, these therapies try to fix the real cause
the problem inside the body.
Gene therapy works
changing or adding genes in a person's cells.
are like instructions that tell our bodies how
work. Sometimes, a person is sick because a
is missing or not working correctly. In gene
, doctors may add a healthy gene or repair
broken one. For example, gene therapy is being
for blood diseases, certain cancers, and even some
of blindness.
Cell therapy is a little different.
this treatment, doctors use living cells to heal
patient. Sometimes, the cells come from the patient's
body, and sometimes they come from a donor.
cells can be changed or grown in a
before being put into the patient. A well-known
of cell therapy is stem cell therapy, which
help replace damaged cells in the body. Another
is CAR-T cell therapy, where special immune cells
changed to better fight cancer.
Both gene and
therapies give hope to people with diseases that
hard to treat with normal medicine. However, these
are still very new. They can be expensive,
scientists are still studying how safe and effective
are.
In the future, gene and cell therapies
help cure diseases that we cannot cure today.
show how science and medicine are moving forward
give people better and healthier lives.
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