Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year-old girl with adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency?

Radiation therapy

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Gene therapy

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Chemotherapy

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Immunotherapy

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The correct option is B Gene therapy
The first clinical gene therapy was given in 1990 to a 4 years old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency. ADA deficiency is a disorder caused due to the deletion of the gene for adenosine deaminase.
Gene threapy is the technique of genetic engineering that allows correction of a gene defect that has been diagnosed in child/embryo.

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Q. Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year old girl with adenosine deaminase(ADA) deficiency?

Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four year old girl with adenosine deaminase deficiency

Gene therapy in human was first practised in 1990 to cure

(a)Cystic fibrosis

(b)Haemophilia

(c)Thalassemia

(d)SCID.

I know that Gene therapy was first practised in 1990 to a 4 year old girl which has ADA deficiency.And this Adenosine is crucial for normal functioning of immune system.

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