Gene+Therapy+Definitions

= **DEFINITIONS:** = toc

**Spliced:**
To join segments of DNA or RNA together.

**Biomedical Amaurosis:**
Partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.

**Haemophilia:**
The clotting of blood. Only adult males get haemophilia.

**Leber's Congenital Amaurosis:**
This is a disease that is inherited through genes. It is first sighted at birth or in the first few months of life.

** Ornithine Transcarpoxylase Defiency: **
Ornithine Transcarpoxylase Defiency makes the bodys job of getting rid of Ammonia harder.

** Ammonia: **
Ammonia is needed to help make proteins in your body.