• Question: Is it possible to change somebody's characteristics using DNA?

    Asked by 589dagk48 to Katherine on 8 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Katherine Benson

      Katherine Benson answered on 8 Nov 2017:

      Yes, this is an area that is being researched at the moment. You can use something called ‘gene therapy’ to treat a disease by adding or removing DNA to a patient’s cells.However, right now, this is still a little risky and is only really being testing in diseases where there is no other cure.

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