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Biotechnologists often believe that line of treatment of genetic diseases is often different than that of the infectious diseases. Discuss.

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Believing such thing is really true because the line of treatment for both the types of diseases is very different. Genetic diseases cannot be treated by any medication. They can be only treated by the manipulation of the defective gene or by replacing it with the correct one. The condition is not same for the infectious diseases, which are usually caused by pathogens. Therefore, they can be easily treated by using medicines which inhibit the growth of these microbes.