How gene therapy has been used to treat disease?

Gene therapy is being developed to treat disease like cystic fibrosis. In conditions like CF and gene mutation causes the condition. By delivering a copy of the non-mutated functioning genes (this can be done through vectors such as viruses) the disease can be treated.
Much of gene therapy is still in the development/experimentation stage and therefore there is still no cure for conditions like cystic fibrosis.

A recent gene therapy study was recently discontinued because of a fatal reaction. I forgot which condition the therapy was for, but it has caused a major setback in this particular scientific study.

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