How to Use gene therapy in a Sentence

gene therapy

noun
  • The stem cells were then sent to bluebird bio for gene therapy.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The gene therapies are built on the back of a stem cell transplant.
    — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The gene therapy was deemed a success.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The field of gene therapy was set back greatly when a patient died.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022
  • But there are also patients who cannot wait for gene therapy.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And to gene therapy experts, the price tag is not a surprise.
    — WIRED, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The 13-year-old firm has yet to win approval of a gene therapy.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The study was the largest and longest follow-up of a gene therapy of this kind to date.
    — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The company is the first to have a gene therapy cleared in this country.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2018
  • Andrew was known as a pioneer in the field of gene therapy.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 June 2026
  • It's called gene therapy, like taking the bad part of the gene off and putting the new gene back into the brain.
    — Asher Fogle, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2015
  • Penn is raising funds for a series of gene therapy and biotech ventures.
    — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The bill seeks to ban most forms of gene therapy, a set of cutting-edge treatments for some diseases.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Both gene therapies are approved for patients ages 12 years and up.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Lower cost cell & gene therapies.
    — Bob Kocher, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • To rid muscles of that toxin, gene therapy has to get to every muscle cell.
    — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The gene therapy works with one infusion.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Within the liquid is a gene therapy virus that contains a healthy version of the gene.
    — Debra Goldschmidt and Susan Scutti, CNN, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The agency is working to hire a bunch of top-notch scientists to work on cell and gene therapies.
    — Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Last year, two patients in a study of a high-dose gene therapy for a rare muscle disorder died.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The only downside here is that the gene therapy that can heal old wounds isn’t permanent.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Two of the center’s top cell and gene therapy officials were placed on leave this summer.
    — ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
  • AAVs are not the same kind of virus that was used in the first attempt at a gene therapy decades ago.
    — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2017
  • But along with the frightening side effects, gene therapy may also come with a hefty price tag.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2017
  • One of the patients who saw great success with gene therapy has suffered from open wounds his entire life.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The promise of cell and gene therapies has ​long intrigued scientists​, but progress was slow, with many setbacks.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • This isn’t the first time researchers have attempted to use gene therapy for hearing loss.
    — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • So far, the studies that have backed Libella’s gene therapy are based just in mice.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2019
  • One area where drug prices will fall dramatically over the next 5 years is cell and gene therapies.
    — Bob Kocher, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In 2012, gene therapy cured a girl named Emily who had leukemia.
    — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023

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