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Gene therapy is a method in which normal genes are introduced in the body in place of the defective or missing genes in the body to treat genetic conditions.

Gene therapy has been used to treat the following conditions:
• Leukemia
• Hemophilia
• Severe combined immune deficiency
• Cystic fibrosis
• Blindness caused due to retinitis pigmentosa

Somatic gene therapy and germline therapy are the two basic types of gene therapy.

In gene therapy, genes are inserted into individual tissues and cells to treat hereditary conditions. The defective mutant genetic material in the gene is replaced by a functional one. Viral vector technology is one of the methods used to carry out this process. Here a virus is used to carry the new gene and replace the corrupt one.

Although clinical trials are being conducted to prove the effectiveness of gene therapy in treating certain genetic conditions like cancer, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved gene therapy. However, the FDA has approved only few gene therapy products for sale.