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Term information

Subsets

NCIT_C66830, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C118169, NCIT_C99078

ALT DEFINITION

Treatment that alters a gene. In studies of gene therapy for cancer, researchers are trying to improve the body's natural ability to fight the disease or to make the cancer cells more sensitive to other kinds of therapy.

Application of genetic material into cells in order to correct an inherited or acquired disease.

Treatment of human disease by gene transfer.

Contributing Source

CTRP

CDISC

DesignNote

Gene therapy techniques attempt to replace a faulty or missing gene associated with a particular disease, mediate localized delivery of a protein producing specified therapeutic effects, or introduce new cellular functions.

Display Name

Gene Therapy

Legacy Concept Name

Gene_Therapy

Preferred Name

Gene Therapy

Semantic Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS CUI

C0017296

code

C15238

definition

Application of genetic material (usually DNA) into cells in order to permanently correct an inherited disease or acquired disease.

has exact synonym

Gene transfer

Gene Therapy

Gene Transfer Procedure

Genetic

gene therapy

Intervention, Genetic

Molecular Biology, Gene Therapy

DNA Therapy

GENETIC

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ncit.owl

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