AML (2)

Gene Therapy:

Before that, I will need to use an image.

This should do it. It's small but I'll try to explain.

Normally the way we execute gene therapy is using vectors. Vectors, or viruses, are small and can go into our nucleus to have actions with our genes.

But you might be wondering, VIRUSES ARE DANGEROUS, how can you use that as medicine?

Here comes the fun part. The whole thing about gene therapy is, we REPLACE the dangerous virus gene with the therapeutic gene.

Then, we insert the bio-engineered virus into a target place. In the AML case, we inject it in the bone marrow. The viruses can differenciate some particular cells and go into their nucleus. There they abandon their capsule:

and they insert their modified gene inside their capsule into the cell nucleus. Then the magic works. Normally, it should be programmed to create more viruses using the new gene, but now that it's modified and not dangerous anymore, it'll change the programme of the cell, resulting the treatment to take place.

So here we hope that scientists will work harder in this field because gene therapy may be a future potential treatment to cancer and other gene disorder diseases.

Thank you for taking your time.