What is the difference between Gene Therapy and Cell Therapy?

Below are some of the most common questions raised by the general public regarding gene therapy and cell therapy. To read more information on each question, simply click on the question and the answer will appear below it. read more

Gene Therapy injects DNA or RNA into the patient (could be a viral or non-viral vector), where it enters the patient's cells in various tissues in order to be expressed. Cell Therapy injects cells into patients, whereafter the cells will home to the site of their function. read more

In gene therapy, genes or genetic materials are introduced into target organisms while in the stem cell therapy, stem cells are transplanted into target tissues. This is the difference between gene therapy and stem cell therapy. read more

Main Difference. Gene therapy is technique in which we deliver nucleic acid polymers into a patient’s cell. This technique is used to treat diseases just like drugs that’s why gene used in gene therapy are called as gene drug. read more