Depending on your individual circumstances, a daily stool softener or another simple laxative may be an appropriate remedy. Changing your diet and making other lifestyle changes are likely to have a positive effect, too. â Adil E. Bharucha, MBBS, M.D., Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
The first successful gene therapy experiment occurred on September 14, 1990, when Ashanti DeSilva was treated for ADA-SCID. By January 2014, some 2,000 clinical trials had been conducted or approved.
Gene therapy involves altering the genes inside your body's cells in an effort to treat or stop disease. Genes contain your DNA â the code that controls much of your body's form and function, from making you grow taller to regulating your body systems.