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

Immunotherapy

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Radiation therapy

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Gene therapy

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Chemotherapy

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Solution

The correct option is C Gene therapy
The first ever gene therapy trial was initiated in 1990 by Dr William French Anderson. The patient was a four year old girl called Ashanthi who was suffering from a very rare disease known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

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