Cell and Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy: The “Cure” for Cancer! About Gene Therapy Gene Therapy involves using drugs that are aimed at specific genes or proteins that are only found in cancer cells or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. Put simply, it injects these genes into the tiny cells, with the help of a carrier, or a "vector”. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, basic science pushed the field of gene therapy to its first clinical trial in 1988. However in both cases the trials were unsuccessful and led many physicians and scientists to doubt the potential of this field. The major failure for Gene therapy field came in September 1999 with the widely publici...