gene augmentation therapy

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A procedure for correcting metabolic deficiencies caused by a missing or defective gene by having a healthy gene produce the necessary product without actually substituting that gene for the flawed or absent gene in the DNA.

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geneal., genealogical tree, genealogy, gene amplification, genearch, gene augmentation therapy, gene bank, gene clone, genecology, gene doping, gene dosage compensation

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Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
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It got it all out there… Gene Hackman and Douglas… Melvyn Douglas is amazing.
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I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
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The campaign included a push for the World Health Organization to condemn gay-conversion therapy.
China’s Electroshock Gay-Conversion Case|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They would not, he thought, be much alarmed by any augmentation of power which the Emperor might obtain.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
In serum therapy antitoxins are artificially excited into being in the blood of beasts.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The augmentation, or diminution, of its size, is caused by the care taken to unite the great with the small individuals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
The next day a royal message to parliament announced the augmentation of the navy.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Thus far we have considered only the scientific aspects of amorphous phosphorus therapy.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various

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