In gene therapy the idea is to replace a harmful/malfunctioning/disease causing gene with a healthy one. From what I understand the hardest part is to find a vector that would carry the specific gene to it's specific location instead of just randomly finding it's place somewhere which could lead to a harmfull mutation or more likely somewhere where it would have no effect either way.
As for stem cells, I'd like to know more about what kinds of studies and experiments have been conducted and what kind of progress has been made with the relatively recently found adult stem cells.
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Originally Posted by Lord Setheris
This is good, since in the Dark Ages a great deal of progress was made with stem cells. We can now synthesize them without the destruction of lifeforms in the embryonic state,
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When you say synthesize without the use of embryos, are you referring to the adult stem cells or some method?