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What is gene therapy? Name the disorder to which clinical gene therapy was given first.

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Gene therapy is a collection of methods that allows correction of a defective gene diagnosed in a child/embryo.
For the first time in 1990, was attempted gene therapy on a 4-year old girl with adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency.
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