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Explain how a hereditary disease can be corrected. Give an example of first successful attempt made towards correction of such diseases.

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A hereditary disease can be corrected by gene therapy. In this method, genes are inserted into a person s cells and tissues to treat a disease. The first successful attempt was gene therapy for adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency
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