Question 33

(Multiple Choice)

For treating children with familial hypercholesterolemia,a piece of the liver is surgically removed from the patient.A virus with the normal needed gene is used to infect the liver.Then the liver is replaced back into the patient.What type of treatment is this called?


A)germline gene therapy.
B)functional gene therapy.
C)subdermal gene therapy
D)ex vivo gene therapy.
E)xenotransplantation gene therapy.

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