THE ETHICAL AND

SOCIAL ISSUES OF
BSN-D
CABAHUG, VICTORIA
GENE THERAPY
ONGSUCO, DEE
TIROL, MARY
GORZON, HANNAHLETH
JAYME, BEVERLY
JAMIO, MIKEL
LAPE, ESTELLE
OBJECTIVES

•DEFINE AND DESCRIBE GENE THERAPY

•IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE THE ETHICAL
AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GENE THERAPY
•DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF GENE THERAPY
CONCEPT NOTES
GENE
THERAPY

ETHICAL
ISSUES

SOCIAL
ISSUES
GENE THERAPY

•An experimental technique that uses

genes to treat or prevent disease
•Human gene transfer
TYPES
OF
GENE
THERAPY
PROCESS
COST
IMPORTANCE
ISSUES OF GENE THERAPY

•SHORT LIVED NATURE

•IMMUNE RESPONSE
•PROBLEM WITH VIRAL VECTORS
•MULTIGENE DISORDERS
•INVENTIONAL MUTAGENESIS
BENEFITS/SUCCESS RATE OF GENE
THERAPY
NEGATIVE/SIDE EFFECTS/RISK
CURRENT STATUS IN THE WORLD
Life is not measured by
the number of
BREATHS we take, but Thank
the MOMENTS that
take your BREATH you!!!
away.
-Maya Angelou