Essentials of Genetics
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ISBN: 9781292108933
Author: KLUG
Publisher: PEARSON
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The two ways to deliver the therapeutic gene into the cells.
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The genetic disorders caused due to faulty genes can be corrected by the transfer of normal genes into the patient. The normal genes are then transcribed producing a normal
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