ALL meanings of gene therapy
gene ther·a·py
G g - noun gene therapy transplanting of genetic material 1
- noun gene therapy the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme. 1
- noun gene therapy Any of several therapies involving the insertion of genes into a patient's cells in order to replace defective ones. 0
- uncountable noun gene therapy Gene therapy is the use of genetic material to treat disease. 0
- noun gene therapy the replacement or alteration of defective genes in order to prevent the occurrence of such inherited diseases as haemophilia. Effected by genetic engineering techniques, it is still at the experimental stage 0
- noun gene therapy the experimental treatment of a disease by the use of techniques associated with genetic engineering, as to modify or replace the disease-causing genes of certain cells 0