For treating children with familial hypercholesterolemia,a piece of the liver is surgically removed from the patient.A virus with the normal needed gene is used to infect the liver.Then the liver is replaced back into the patient.What type of treatment is this called?

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Ex vivo gene therapy means the gene is inserted into cells that have been removed and then returned to the body,Familial hypercholesterolemia is a condition in which high levels of blood cholesterol make patients subject to fatal heart attacks at a young age.After gene therapy,patients are expected to experience lowered serum cholesterol levels.

For Treating Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia,a Piece of the Liver