The Current Status of Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer Finally, this review summarizes gene therapy medicines approved to treat cancer in detail, including names, indications, vectors, and mode of gene therapy Gene therapy becomes an alternative to an existing management for different diseases
How is Gene Therapy Being Used to Treat Cancer? | Dana-Farber . . . There are several approved gene therapies for non-cancerous diseases caused by a single gene mutation In 2023, the U S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved CRISPR-based gene therapy to correct the gene abnormality that causes sickle cell disease
What is Gene Therapy? - OncoLink Researchers are testing ways to use gene therapy to treat cancer Gene therapy may be used to: Replace missing or non-working genes For example, p53 is a gene called a "tumor suppressor gene " Tumor suppressor genes prevent or stop tumors from forming
Gene therapy - Mayo Clinic Gene therapy aims to fix a faulty gene or replace it with a healthy gene to try to cure disease or make the body better able to fight disease It holds promise as a treatment for a wide range of diseases, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, hemophilia and AIDS