There are somediseases which are difficult to cure with normal medical technology that can becured essentially by gene repair technology. Scientists proved that micegenetic disease---Cataract could becured by gene repair technology. As for people, it will work as long as meetthe requirements. Recently, some scientists proposed that this technology maymake the mankind get eternal life.

During the past 40years, gene therapy has been considered as one of the method to treat geneticdefects. Gene replacement therapy, is a therapy that inserting a functionalgene into patient’s diseased cell in genome instead of defective gene withmodified retrovirus vector.

Although throughthe method of adding exogenous gene some hereditary diseases have been curedsuccessfully, side-effect is also obvious. Therefore, some people have proposedgene repair program. And Genovese will bring us the latest development of generepair technology.

As for HSC cellwhich is taken from stem cell of diseased tissue, gene repair technology may bea better choice. With the development of cell reprogramming technologies, generepairment of iPCS cell or HSC cell may be a more successful clinic method. Butwe are also looking forward to see Genovese getting more technologicalbreakthrough.

Date: 2014.12.4  

Source: Guang Ming Daily