Biomedical therapies include which of the following?

• A. Immunizations only
• B. Gene therapy only
• C. Includes gene therapy and immunizations
• D. None of the above

Answer: (C)

Biomedical therapies are interventions that use biological methods to prevent or treat disease, including vaccines and genetic approaches. Vaccines (immunizations) work by introducing parts of a pathogen or a safe form of it to stimulate the immune system, building lasting protection. Gene therapy involves delivering or editing genetic material to correct or compensate for defective genes, aiming to treat or manage disease at its genetic root. Since both of these are biomedical strategies that rely on biology to prevent or treat illness, the option that includes both gene therapy and immunizations is the best choice. Immunizations alone don’t cover gene therapy, and gene therapy alone doesn’t cover vaccines, but together they represent the full scope of biomedical therapies.