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Who was the first patient to b e treated with gene therapy? Why was the given treatment recurrent in nature?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Gene Therapy**: - Gene therapy is a medical treatment that involves the removal of faulty genes that cause diseases and replacing them with healthy genes. This process aims to correct genetic disorders by addressing the root cause. 2. **Identifying the First Patient**: - The first patient to receive gene therapy was a four-year-old girl named Ashanti DeSilva. She was diagnosed with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (ADA deficiency), a genetic disorder that severely affects the immune system. ...
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