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Advantage of Gene Therapy over Drugs

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Describe the gene therapy procedure for ADA- deficient patient.

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ADA stands for Adenosine deaminase. The best method to produce gene therapy bone-marrow transplantation at the embryo stage.

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Q. How many of the following statements are true?
I. An ADA deficient patient requires infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes periodically.
II. There is no need for periodic infusion if the ADA gene is introduced at the early embryonic stage.
III. ADA gene is introduced into lymphocytes by using Ti plasmid.
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II) Culture of lymphocytes
III) Isolation of lymphocytes from ADA deficient patient
IV) Genetically modified lymphocytes are injected back to patient

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