Gene therapy and scientific advances offer hope for long suffering patientsResearchers are making progress on the treatment and management of rare diseases through gene therapy and experimental drugs. Even though most of these conditions have no cure and the patients have to depend on occupational therapy, medics are looking at the possibility of using gene therapy to control rare diseases. Even though it offers hope, there are still many challenges and ethical questions that have been raised about the use of gene therapy. Some of the issues around the use of gene therapy is the high cost associated with it, making it an option only for the wealthy. Other than gene therapy, stem cells therapy has also been used to control conditions such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2020 08:03 UTC