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Gene Therapy Vs Stem Cell Therapy, what is the difference?

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Shalini Jadhvani

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Answered on 11th Oct '22

Gene TherapyStem Cell Therapy
Gene therapy is a procedure that helps replace defective genes. It is an artificial technique that introduces normal functioning genes in the place of defective genes.Stem cell treatment is a kind of regenerative medicine that helps treat various diseases. The induced stem cells heal the damaged cells or accelerate the repair response in the damaged tissue.
Types of Gene Therapy:  Somatic Gene Therapy and Germline Gene Therapy

 

Types of Stem Cells: Adult stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells.

It involves introduction or modification of genes to prevent or treat a disease.It involves introduction of cells to replace or repair the damaged cells. 
This usually involves a virus vector to deliver the new gene. Some stem cells like mesenchymal stem cells can themselves act as a vector. 

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