This is a very important concept to remember when using gene therapy. Because of these matching pairs, DNA probes are used to attach to the defective DNA and hopefully repair it. It is usually most successful when the disease is targeted in one area, or organ. DNA probes are specially designed to bond to certain sequences and that is why is pertinent that we map out the Human Genome. After all the discussion that is currently available about gene therapy, I think my opinion is clear.
Gene therapy is a next step in modern medicine and many improvements are being made every month.
It is becoming a safer, more efficient process that may some day cure the world of all genetic disease. Some day, being sick may just mean getting gene therapy. The Promise and Perils of the New Biology, Plenum Press, New York, 1993.