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![[-- vector --]](Images/Terms/vector.gif){kind=small}
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An agent, such as a virus or a small piece of DNA called a plasmid, that carries a modified or foreign gene. When used in gene therapy, a vector delivers the desired gene to a target cell.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. Richard Morgan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Clinical Gene Therapy Branch, defines vector. |
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cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, gene therapy, gene transfer | |
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