Gene therapy attempts to correct a genetic deficiency byinserting a normal version of the affected gene into the patient'scells. For this to be effective, the cells need to be _______cellsthat will not passed on to offspring, but they also need to becells that will keep dividing for the lifetime of thepatient.Ă‚Â Ă‚Â Currently, ______ cells, which produce all theblood and immune cell types of the body, are a preferredtarget.What limits the use of gene therapy is that it works best onrelatively simple conditions caused by the mutation of one singlegene.Ă‚Â Ă‚Â Retroviruses are ________viruses that insert a(n)________copy of their genome into that of their hostcells.Ă‚Â Ă‚Â After the insertion, the viral genome will bepermanently part of the host cell genome.
