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In the case of Jesse Gelsinger, a young man who died during genetherapy, the therapy involved delivery via a viral vector. Was thisgerm-line or somatic therapy?

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In germ line gene therapy germ cells sperm or eggs are modified by the introduction of functional genes which are integrated into their genomes This will allow the therapy to be hereditary and carry on to later generations In somatic gene therapy therapeutic genes are    See Answer
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