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Gene therapy aims in correcting diseaes caused by defective genes. A child is suffering from a disease due to deficiency of ADA enzyme. ADA gene which normally produce the enzyme is missing in the patient. Recommend any two methods to treat the child.

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Bone marrow transplantation.
Enzyme replacement therapy
Gene therapy (The above two are not completely curative. But a permanent cure can be achieved by gene therapy).
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