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The first clinical gene therapy was given for treating:

  1. chicken pox
  2. diabetes mellitus
  3. rheumatoid arthritis
  4. adenosine deaminase deficiency

Correct answer: adenosine deaminase deficiency

Solution

The first clinical gene therapy was performed for adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a form of severe combined immunodeficiency. It was chosen because the disease is caused by a known single-gene defect and restoring the missing enzyme can directly improve immune function.

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