gene therapy

Definition / meaning of gene therapy

Treatment that alters a gene. In studies of gene therapy for cancer, researchers are trying to improve the body’s natural ability to fight the disease or to make the cancer cells more sensitive to other kinds of therapy.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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