Gene therapy is a form of treatment that mutates the patient’s DNA to produce certain desired effects. This is done by extracting his or her DNA from the nucleus of the cell, manually changing the genetic information, and inserting this new DNA back into the patient. The benefits of using this treatment is that it can completely reverse the genetic disorder, which improves the overall health and wellbeing of the patient; however, some may argue that the effects of this therapy can be detrimental to the body’s immune system and that the treatment is not as effective as it could be, but also that gene therapy should be avoided all together. Gene therapy should be available to adults and children, as well as an option to prospective parents of fetuses with genetic disorders. 

According to Judson, gene therapy first started to spark interest in research in the 1960’s. In the last 50 years, both science and technology have greatly advanced. For instance, in the beginning, genetic research was primarily focused on prokaryotic, or single-celled, organisms. Today, however, not only is there studies on the genetics of prokaryotic, or multi-celled, organisms, but we use this research to correct genetic deficiencies. 
