The area of Molecular Medicine uses the scientific technology of gene transfer to develop ways to deliver corrective genes, vaccines, and therapies to specific cells in our bodies.
Many childhood diseases such as cystic fibrosis are the result of defective genes.
Researchers in molecular medicine are working on ways to place the correct gene into patients who have the defective gene. Similar techniques can also be used to deliver vaccinations and cellular therapy to specific locations within the body. Continued development of molecular medicine technology will lead to prevention of a disease rather than treatment of the disease after a child is already afflicted. All rights reserved.