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Missense Mutation — Definition & Examples

By Gabi Slizewska

Gene therapy is a potential way for scientists to treat genetic disorders. Hereditary haemochromatosis is a genetic disorder commonly caused by missense mutations in the HFE gene. How could scientists use gene therapy to fix this mutation?

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