Treatment of ADA- SCID Is Often Considered the First Success

question 15

Essay

Treatment of ADA- SCID is often considered the first success for gene therapy.Ashanti DeSilva is a young girl that suffered from an autosomal form of SCID and was treated using retroviral gene therapy.Explain why the treatment is not an undisputed success.

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