In a new treatment of skin cancer,viruses are used to deliver the p53 gene directly into cancer cells,which then causes apoptosis of these infected cells.What type of treatment is this?.

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In vivo gene therapy means the gene is delivered directly into the body.The gene p53 brings about apoptosis,and there is much interest in introducing it into cancer cells and,in that way,killing them off.

In a New Treatment of Skin Cancer,viruses Are Used to Deliver