Germ line therapy

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Germ line therapy or germ line gene therapy is a form of treatment in which genetic engineering methods are used to intervene in the germ line in a targeted manner. Such interventions have the consequence that they are inherited by further generations.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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