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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) lmmunotherapy

(d) Radiation therapy

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Correct option (a) Gene therapy

Explanation:

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 threapy 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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