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Medical Sciences

Touro College and University System

Journal

2017

H19

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Is Gene Therapy A Viable Option For Cancer Treatment?, Aliza Applebaum Jan 2017

Is Gene Therapy A Viable Option For Cancer Treatment?, Aliza Applebaum

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

The use of gene therapy as a medical treatment option was first introduced to the world in 1990, when a four-year-old girl became its first patient. Since then gene therapy has met great success but also severe drawback. Incidences with severely negative outcomes on patients gave gene therapy a bad name and many began skeptical towards its use, but the constant work and progress on the safety and effectiveness of gene therapy is making it a more viable route of treatment. This paper focuses on gene therapy as a form of cancer treatment. Viral insertion of the modified genetic material …