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Gene can therapy can be referred to as

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Pre-clinical testing for inherited diseases in newborns
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Treatment of diseases caused by genetic defect
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Genetic engineering using rDNA technology
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Cancer treatment using in-vitro cultured stem cells
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The correct option is B Treatment of diseases caused by genetic defect
Gene therapy is a collection of methods, that allows correction of gene defect that has been diagnosed in a child/embryo. Correcting of a genetic defect involves delivery of a normal gene into the individual or embryo to take over the function of and compensate for the non-functional gene.

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