The first clinical application of gene therapy over a 4 year old girl was for_________?
Correct answer: A. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- A. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- B. Adenosine deficiency
- C. Growth deficiency
- D. Adenine deficiency
Explanation
The first widely recognised clinical gene-therapy trial treated severe combined immunodeficiency caused by adenosine deaminase deficiency by introducing a functional ADA gene into the patient's cells. Adenosine deficiency is the likely distractor because it sounds similar, but the disorder specifically involves the ADA enzyme.
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