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Hello docs, is gene therapy the cure for genetic disease?
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Could be: Right now it is too early to say. It's in early research phases. Also, it depends on which genetic disease. A disease caused by a single amino acid substitution may be easier to "cure" than one with multiple genetic loci and epigenetic and/or methylation effects.
Answered 9/29/2016
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