Somatic cell gene therapy

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Food Biotechnology

The repair or replacement of a defective gene within somatic tissue. (See Somatic cell.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

The delivery of a transgene (s) to a in order to correct a physiological defect.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture

Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Human Genome

Incorporating new genetic material into cells for therapeutic purposes. The new genetic material cannot be passed to offspring. See also: gene therapy

Human Genome Project — Human Genome Project