Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Gene therapy is an experimental treatment that involves introducing genetic material into a person's cells to fight disease. This book offers research this fi

Gene therapy is an experimental treatment that involves introducing genetic material into a person's cells to fight disease. Gene therapy is being studied in clinical trials for many different types of cancer and for numerous other diseases. This book offe

Gene silencing is a general term describing epigenetic processes of gene regulation. The term gene silencing is generally used to describe the 'switching off' of a gene by a mechanism other than genetic mutation. Genes are regulated at either the transcrip