https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss Made with taking out my procrastination gene and replacing that with a good student one. en-us 2018-01-25 19:17:01 UTC 2025-11-24 15:11:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224836822 The base of gene therapy is to correct errors with the gene pool. However, it's mostly experimental, but it has big plans.]]> 2018-01-25 19:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224836822 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224839862 Of course there is limits to how much it can do, not saying it does little, but a list can be much appreciated. 
-Inherited retina disorders
-Cancer and Immunotherapies 
-Cardiovascular diseases
-Infectious diseases
-Lysosomal Storage diseases
-Inherited Immunodeficiencis 
-Musculoskeletal diseases
-Movement disorders
-Neurosensory diseases
-Red blood cell disorders
-Respiratory disorders
More on literally all of this ahead. (I'm only going to talk about half of them though.)]]> 2018-01-25 19:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224839862 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224851739 2018-01-25 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224851739 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224851965 2018-01-25 19:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224851965 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224852579 In December 2017, the FDA approved Voretigene Neparvovec, or Luxturna, It is a one-time use gene therapy that improves vision for people such as me. However, it cannot cure things like colorblindness, but the researchers are planning on working on it in the future. ]]> 2018-01-25 20:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224852579 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224854783 The first treatment for cancer was in 1891, where a surgeon known as William Coley used bacteria to kill the cancer, and then a heating toxin to kill the bacteria. It did actually work. Which later was replaced by Radiation therapy and Chemotherapy which had slightly more consistent effects. The part that gene therapy comes in is experimental right now. It may use tumor-killing viruses which destroy the tumor and the inserted gene itself. ]]> 2018-01-25 20:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224854783 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224915357 Gene therapy can cure only certain cardiovascular diseases that can be seen at birth (or at least have a risk to see). The disease that is being most prominently is glycogen storage disease type II. The disease almost stops energy storage and causes the heart to fail very early in life. ]]> 2018-01-26 01:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224915357 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224916480 The item in question here is something called "suicide genes" that serve their use and get destroyed shortly after. With this they could engineer is DNA with the resistance or cure for a disease. Using the gene, they could target and destroy it.]]> 2018-01-26 01:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224916480 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224917320 Similar to cardiovascular diseases, gene therapy regarding lysosomal storage might be able to be cured with more of those "suicide genes", the problem right now is the genes don't last long, a human with the disease, when tested, will only hold the progression of the disease for 96 weeks for now.]]> 2018-01-26 01:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224917320 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224919113 2018-01-26 02:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224919113 102552 https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224919309 2018-01-26 02:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/102552/j4aa14umxbss/wish/224919309