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Q. Which one of the following vectors is used to replace the defective gene in gene therapy?

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Biotechnology and its Applications

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In gene therapy genes are inserted into a person's cells and tissues to treat a diseases. Retro viral vector is used to transfer a normal gene into an individual or embryo to take over the function of and compensate for the non functional gene.