gene therapy

noun

: the insertion of usually genetically altered genes into cells especially to replace defective genes in the treatment of genetic disorders or to provide a specialized disease-fighting function

gene therapist noun

Examples of gene therapy in a Sentence

advances in the science of gene therapy

Recent Examples on the Web

One question that researchers are tussling with is how to get RNA editing molecules to the right organs and cells—a challenge that also bedevils standard gene therapies and DNA editing. —Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024

Rocket Pharmaceuticals Scotiabank sees Rocket as uniquely positioned to enter the commercial stage of medical treatment development, with two potential gene therapies on the horizon. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

Today, not far from Crawfish Rock’s wooden houses and unpaved paths, in a country where more than half the population lives on less than $7 a day, visitors can spend $25,000 to inject themselves with a gene therapy that aims to delay aging, available only on Roatán and in Dubai. —Nicholas Kusnetz, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2024

And those clinical trials of that form of gene therapy are currently underway in the US. —Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

gene therapy

noun

: the insertion of a functioning gene into cells especially to replace a defective gene in the treatment of genetic disorders

Medical Definition

gene therapy

noun

: the insertion of usually genetically altered genes into cells especially to replace defective genes in the treatment of genetic disorders or to provide a specialized disease-fighting function (as the destruction of tumor cells)

gene therapist noun