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Cell therapy and gene therapy (CGT) are some of the fastest growing fields in modern healthcare and could fundamentally change medicine as we know it today.

When cells become damaged or start to malfunction, this can lead to diseases. Cell therapy is achieving the prevention or the treatment of such diseases through the transfer of living cells to a patient.

Gene editing is the targeted manipulation of genetic material. It is a very versatile tool that can be used to enhance cell therapies and gene therapies, or as a stand-alone therapy.

Gene therapy is the use of genetic material inside the patient in the treatment or prevention of a disease. This can be done by adding or deleting, regulating, repairing or replacing a genetic sequence, and employed for both inherited and acquired diseases.