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Reproduction In Organisms

Question
CBSEENBI12003465

First clinical gene therapy was given in 1992 to a 4 years old girl for

  • adenine deficiency

  • growth deficiency

  • adenosine deaminase deficiency

  • adenosine deficiency

Solution

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adenosine deaminase deficiency

Gene therapy is a procedure of introducing copies of a healthy gene to replace defective gene responsible for disease development. The first clinical gene transfer took place on 22nd May 1992 for correction of adenosine deaminase (ADA) enzyme deficiency.