Topic: Applications in health: human insulin, vaccines, gene therapy· Biotechnology and Its Applications

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

1. Chemotherapy

2. Immunotherapy

3. Radiation therapy

4. Gene therapy

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Answer: 4. Gene therapy

In 1990 a four-year-old girl with ADA deficiency received the first clinical gene therapy: lymphocytes were taken, a functional ADA gene was introduced, and the cells were returned to the patient.

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

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