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

A

gene therapy

B

Chemotherapy

C

Immunotherapy

D

Radiation therapy

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The first clinical gene therapy was given in 1990 to a 4 years old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency.
ADA deficiency is a disorder caused due to the deletion of the gene for adenosine deaminase. Gene therapy is the technique of genetic engineering that allows correction of a gene defect that has been diagnosed in child/embryo. in this therapy a normal healthy functional gene is inserted and the faulty gene is replaced.
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