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  • A child is born with ADA- deficiency. (a) Suggest and explain a procedure for possible life-long(permanent) cure. (b) Name any other possible treatment for this disease.  

A child is born with ADA- deficiency.

(a) Suggest and explain a procedure for possible life-long(permanent) cure.

(b) Name any other possible treatment for this disease.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(a) Permanent cure for ADA - Gene Therapy

Lymphocytes from the blood of the patient are grown n culture outside the body. A functional ADA cDNA (using a retroviral vector) is then introduced in these lymphocytes which are subsequently returned to the patient's body at early embryonic stages.

(b) Other treatment methods include - Bone marrow transplantation, Enzyme Replacement Therapy.

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