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It is referred to as any procedure to treat or alternate disease by genetically modifying the cells of a patient
Gene therapy
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What is the basic unit of heredity?
Gene
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Who is the first successful case of Gene therapy?
Ashanti De Silva
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How old was the the first patient when she undergone gene therapy?
4 years old
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When did the first patient of gene therapy treated?
1990
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What was the disease of the first patient who undergone gene therapy?
ADA SCID (Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immunodeficiency)
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Therapeutic genes are transferred into the germ cells
Germline Gene Therapy
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Therapeutic genes are transferred into the somatic cell
Somatic cell gene therapy
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Cells are modified outside the body and then transplanted back in again
Ex vivo somatic cell gene therapy
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Genes are changed in cells when the cells are still in the body
In vivo somatic cell gene therapy