Gene therapies in Mexico: bringing the legal framework up to speed

Gene therapy is a technique that involves inserting corrective exogenous genes into the genetic material of a patient’s cells to compensate for abnormal genes or to deliver a beneficial protein as a treatment for a disease. Nowadays gene therapy is not viewed only as an approach for treating hereditary diseases—its potential role in the treatment of acquired diseases such as cancer and other terminal or severely disabling conditions is also widely recognised.