Gene therapy

Gene therapy is a way of using special medicines to treat diseases that can be caused by your genes. Gene therapy works by changing the genes inside cells so that the cells can repair themselves to prevent or treat a disease. Medicine is used to deliver healthy genes into a person's cells, and then those genes take over and start working to help the cells heal themselves. This way, the disease can be treated or prevented. In some cases, gene therapy can be used to eliminate the need for someone to take medicine to treat their disease.