What is 'gene therapy'?

What is 'gene therapy'?

Gene therapy is going to play an enormous role in rejuvenation therapy because a number of the changes that we need to make in order to stop our bodies from accumulating various types of damage involve the introduction of genes that we don't have or, in some cases the removal of genes that we do have, or in other cases actually the relocation of genes that we do have from one place to another. So, for example, the removal of indigestible molecules in the salad is going to be achieved by giving us new genes that encode enzymes that can break down things that none of our existing genes can break down. And the problem of accumulating mutations in the mitochondria is likely to be solved by making copies of the mitochondrial genes and putting them into nucleus. That is something that again will require gene therapy. Cancer is probably going to be treated by eliminating some of the genes that we already have naturally in our cells that allows cells to divide indefinitely.