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Gene Therapy in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes and Bone Marrow for ADA <sup>−</sup> Immunodeficient Patients
20 Oct 1995
Abstract excerpt
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency results in severe combined immunodeficiency, the first genetic disorder treated by gene therapy. Two different retroviral vectors were used to transfer ex vivo the human ADA minigene into bone marrow cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes from two patients undergoing exogenous enzyme replacement therapy. After 2 years of treatment, long-term survival of T and B lymphocytes,...
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