Visit https://www.asgct.org/education for more free resources on gene and cell therapy, including progress on a number of promising treatments already in development.
Gene therapy is really complicated both scientifically and ethically. But it also has the potential to do some amazing things – like treating life threatening diseases in babies before they are even born.
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