The contribution of genetic engineering to medical care

The contribution of genetic engineering to medical treatment is mainly the production of genetically engineered drugs and gene therapy. Genetically engineered drugs are drugs produced by genetic engineering technology. Many precious drugs are produced in this way. Here is just a list. In part, insulin is the first genetically engineered drug used, and genetically modified vaccines are the most widely used. It can be said that genetically engineered pharmaceuticals are still in the ascendant, and they will be promising in the future. Scientific research has discovered that in addition to some common genetic diseases, other diseases such as tumors, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and Alzheimer's obesity are also related to gene error expression Or wrong regulation related. To cure these diseases, we must treat them at the genetic level. That is gene therapy. Gene therapy is a method of using normal genes to correct wrong genes or compensate for missing genes to cure diseases. Gene therapy will open up new fields in medicine, especially with the completion of the Human Genome Project and the development of the Functional Genome Project, many diseases for which there is no effective treatment are eager to be cured by gene therapy.