As a researcher, it is your job to present the evidence for why the gene therapy treatments will be successful.  However, you must also make others aware of the potential risks.  Since you are viewed as an expert on gene therapy (since your occupation is doing research in that field), you must also be prepared to clear up any confusion from other committee members about how gene therapy works.  Consider the following questions to develop your expertise, when reading the information contained within the links given below.

• How is gene therapy used to treat cancer?
  
• What evidence exists to demonstrate that gene therapy will work with treating cancer?
  
• Would gene therapy be more effective in fighting different types of cancer?
  
• Can gene therapy be combined with other therapies to increase success?
  
• What are the potential risks in using gene therapy to treat cancer?

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