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Gene Therapy is a way to introduce a normal working gene in the place of a mutated one which might result in some kinds of abnormalities. Gene Therapy is a novel way to express novel proteins, and re-design the genome to prevent any disease. The concept here is some disorders are caused due to their defect in a single gene. Either via in-vivo or in-vitro viral vectors, the area is being explored to treat different inherited or acquired disorders such as neurological disorders, Haemophilia, Cystic fibrosis, Severe combined immunodeficiencies, inherited retinal degeneration, Cancer, and many more. Cancer-based Gene therapies comprise of the ways of augmenting the ef...