Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.09 - Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions

51.0914 - Gene/genetic therapy

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of genetics to the therapeutic treatment of diseases and inherited abnormalities through the targeted modification of gene expression, and prepares individuals to administer genetic therapies. These programs include courses in medical genetics, genome analysis, pharmacology of gene transfer, viral vectors, non-viral therapeutic techniques, genetic screening, targeted gene delivery, vector production, safety and quality assurance, clinical trials management, and bioethics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • gene therapy
  • genetic therapy

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • cytogenetics(51.1010)
  • genetic counselling(51.1509)
  • genetics(26.0801)