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The first clinical gene therapy was done for the treatment of (A) AIDS (B) Cancer (C) Cystic fibrosis (D) SCID (Severe Combined Immuno Deficiency Resulting from deficiency of ADA)

A

AIDS

B

Cancer

C

Cystic fibrosis

D

SCID (Severe Combined Immuno Deficiency resulting from deficiency of ADA)

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A, B, C, D
A first clinical gene therapy was given in 1990 to a 4-year-old girl- Ashanti DeSilva, She had ADA (Adenosine deaminase) deficiency. ADA deficiency, is a genetic disorder, called SCID (Severe Combined Immuno Deficiency) in which B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes are not formed(cells which provide immunity).
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